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Originally Posted by Kempi
Not again this story of being hard on the car... it might contribute to fuel efficiency, but the discussion was already decided in JPM's time (plenty of threads on this here in the forum): the driver can hardly break the car anymore due to rev limiters and similar protections within the systems.
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Not entirely true - whilst engine overrevs, shoddy gearchanges and the like are history some drivers are clearly harder on cars than others. This can range from the basic stuff like being able to look after tyres (or not) to drivers that consistently batter the kerbs and end up with more suspension / drivetrain issues as a result, those that eat their brakes and so on. So it's not as big a factor as it was but different drivers still put different stress and strain on the cars. Massa's damper failure being an example - too hard over the kerbs?