I don't want to get hung up on this too much because it's all been discussed to great length
here. The regulations define three maps. A map in this case is essentially a continuous line graph. The first is a torque demand map, which plots RPM (X axis) against torque demand (Y axis) for any given throttle position. The second is the pedal shaping map, which plots accelerator pedal travel (Z axis) against torque demand (Y axis) for any given engine speed. The third is a max throttle target map, which is the torque demand map when defined at 100% throttle.
Combine all of these things and you get a so called 'engine map': (The figures are arbitrary)
Here you can see the X axis for RPM going to the right, the Y axis going straight up, and the Z axis going away and left, forming a 3D surface which is the torque demand from the engine.
So, yes, the pedal shaping map does represent throttle position against torque, and teams can have two, one for wet tyres and one for dry tyres. If you look at Article 5.5 you will see how the regulations govern these maps in more detail. If Hamilton did change to the wet tyre map then the regulations were broken, but there are several other settings that will activate the rain light, most of which are more likely.
Please refrain from the electronics jokes in future though, they're at best
cough shocking and really the perpetrators should be
cough charged with a lack of
ahem current humour.
Sigh.
"A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool speaks because he has to say something."
