Fernando Alonso has detailed the energy management dilemma F1 teams are going to face in a “thirsty” Belgian Grand Prix.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Spa is regarded as one of the most energy-starved circuits on the calendar, owing to the long flat-out blasts from Turn 1 and up Eau Rouge to Les Combes and from Stavelot, through Blanchimont to the final Bus Stop Chicane.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Whilst energy charging opportunities are possible in Sector 2 through the heart of the lap, Sectors 1 and 3 are among the most challenging of the season for drivers to manage the 50:50 split in power output between the ICE and batteries.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Detailing the choice facing teams, Alonso described how deploying from La Source to Les Combes would mean a lap was “finito” whilst the optimal deployment strategy also had a major flaw.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Silverstone and Spa, they are very thirsty on energy,” Alonso told media, including RacingNews365, in the build-up to the British GP last time out.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“You cannot deploy in all the straights. Next week, it is going to be the same thing. If you deploy in Spa from Turn 1 (La Source) to 5 (Les Combes), it is finito for the rest of the lap.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“So, you need to save a little bit there to have deployment from Turn 14 (Stavelot) to the Bus Stop chicane.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“But if you deploy in those two straights, which is the optimal deployment, then there is one minute, sector two, with no deployment at all.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“And with no deployment at all, we cannot forget that this year we have significantly less power than last year and less power than F2.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“That is the case when you cut the deployment. So, yes, it is a challenge.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso has detailed the energy management dilemma F1 teams are going to face in a “thirsty” Belgian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-801531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}