Telemetry analysis and top speed difference between Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc and Red Bull Racing Mexican driver Sergio Perez from the second free practice session for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit:
Starting speed for the Ferrari F1-75 is slower than speed at finish line, which suggests there is a bit of margin there for Charles Leclerc, according to delta time that is about 0.05s
Similarly in the straight to T3 there’s some slower speed compared to Red Bull which isn’t there in the final straight acceleration and again it’s a loss of about 0.05s.
The loss of RPM at the end of the straights from Ferrari points to either clipping or a low enough mode, however the loss of RPM doesn’t happen in the straight to T15 (3000m distance in the lap).
On the other hand, Red Bull can probably upshift faster than they are doing in this lap, so there’s some margin in both cars.
Red Bull is very good in the first two corners of the first sector.
Other than those points, the first sector is basically dead even timing wise.
In the second sector, Charles Leclerc manages to build a good lead thanks in large part to better traction out of twisty parts of S2 before again RBR catches up in speed at the end of the straight into T15. Ferrari somehow manages to be both later at braking and earlier on the accelerator.
Top speed difference at finish line is 332kph for PER and 327 for Charles Leclerc. It is hard to know what causes this, could the engine mode of course, but also about porpoising and Ferrari might not be able to bridge this top speed gap at the end of the main straight.
Overall on the single lap Ferrari may have slightly bigger edge, but it will certainly be very close.
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