Chuckjr wrote:There's been talk in the -what's wrong with the Renault engine?- thread about the OVER generation of power in the braking sequence and this abundance of electricity is blowing up the RB battery system--to simplify and use VERY elementary vocabulary.
Maybe this Ferrari trick is a creative and effective way to resolve an overcharge situation by exhausting the electrical overage through driving the crank--which also aids in gear shifting, fuel saving, engine heat generation...
I like that notion. Perhaps they faced those problems too and decided to "waste" inconsistent energy output to avoid bateries having reliability issues. What if there is not a reliable energy storage solution for the amount of power these power units can develop in an advantegeous packaging configuration? If you think you can, with time, maximize this power unit & package spec within the season... then find a bypass.
Even if your system can work with "normal" downshifting, implementing this solution could be very interesting during the season, used during extensive moments on sundays, given the amount of stress these power units will endure it can be a wise strategic choice.
Not only the fuel consumption could be improved (I don't believe this is the main reason, as normal ICE downshifting should'nt be done with the same amount of fuel as regular acceleration), but engine could benefit from a small pause when breaking, which is always a good.
Taking a different point of view, even driveability can suffer interesting changes. Perhaps the pilots are going to see advantages in that, who knows.
Anyway, I don't have the tehcnical insight to know, nor want to have it. Please feel free to consider this post as bullshit, or related to something that was discussed in some obscure thread.