So the potential issue with the Toyota is that it over recovers too much braking energy here. In
sc365's Saturday write up, Pascal Vasselon explained it
Quote:
Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon admitted they weren’t expecting to get pole, as the Nürburgring has historically been one of the the Japanese manufacturer’s worst tracks, because its double KERS system produces “far too much” energy.
“It means we have to detune it and it has negative effect on the car balance and on the brake temperature,” Vasselon explained. “Basically we have to drop recovery and our car is designed, and our systems need to have the recovery work well. Our brakes have a hard time when we do it. The success of recovery hurts us.”
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I guess the formula for allowed energy deployment based on track distance hurts Toyota here because of the amount of braking for the length of the track is very high. Seemingly the amount recovered by their two kers is a good deal more than what they are allowed to deploy so they downtune it and that causes balance issues.