Regarding different engine mapping, would two drivers of the same team use different maps?
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And you seem to make a point that it's the settings that can lead to overworked engines. So that means how a driver actually uses the pedal on race day isn't that consequential?
Probably it’s a bit of everything. The same driver uses a few different maps during the race, playing with the buttons on the keyb... steering wheel modifying them depending by the conditions. The same is true for TC, differential setting etc.
Then you have the rpm thing, according to Marmorini usually teams do evaluate the possibility to use increased rpm for a certain time (or for a certain number of laps), if a driver exceed in using it or if there was a miscalculation in evaluating that period then the reliability could suffer.
At the end obviously also the way the race develops is important. If you built a gap then you can cruise preserving the car, but I don’t know if you can consider a driver at fault if he has to fight for position for the whole race
Another thing, your paraphrase of it's not the driver's job to respect the car, but the team's job to provide a working car.. is that from JPM or the BMW man?
BMW man, although I have the suspect that JPM would agree...
Wowf1 :
I remember DC or someone else said something like that so you’re quite on the mark, I think we could also include that in the case of a driver using a more “gentle” TC setting.
