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Do F1 car engine maps adjust per corner or curve?

During a round on the racing track there are many different kind of bends and curves. In 2016 there were some instances where Hamilton and Rosberg were told to synchromise the mapping. Does the engine control mapping vary during the track?

There are no varying engine mappings because they were banned some years ago. As for Hamilton and Rosberg, in the Spanish GP Rosberg left the mapping to the setting used at starts. This meant that he was slower, leading to the crash of the two. It had nothing to do with automatic mapping systems.

Written by Janita on Friday February 9, 2018
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