When anti-stall fails...

[Impasse]

...is there any technical or Rulebook reason why the car can't chug back to the pits under electric power?

[Crafty_]

Would the electric motor be able to get the car rolling from standstill ? i.e. does it have enough torque ?

This is assuming that the ERS is charged whilst sat on the grid ? I guess it would be ?

Its an interesting question

[CharlesAL]

A few years ago the plan for the hybrid engines was to use only electric power in the pitlane, but that idea was rejected after a while. So I think they are capable of running on electric for a while.

[Likes Fast Cars]

Very interesting idea there. In theory electric motors should have enough torque to at least get the car moving.

[Mikey G]

As far as I know the MGU-K is connected directly to the engines crankshaft not to the transmission. This means it needs to turn the engine before it can turn the gearbox and wheels.

[HarryFlatters]

Mikey G said:

As far as I know the MGU-K is connected directly to the engines crankshaft not to the transmission. This means it needs to turn the engine before it can turn the gearbox and wheels.

I wonder if it'd have enough torque to bump-start the ICE?

[RGambo]

Don't think the power is the issue, they are after all 160bhp motors. why they couldn't be used as starter motors to fire the ICE, I don't know, can't be that difficult to sort.

[Mikey G]

I would imagine the gearing to be pretty high as it needs to operate in the 10krpm+ region, something a starter motor doesn't do.

[williamp]

Im sure the toyota lmp cars this year leave the pits under full electric power, firing up the engine once on the move. Might save clutch wear too

[John D.]

Crafty_ said:

Would the electric motor be able to get the car rolling from standstill ? i.e. does it have enough torque ?

This is assuming that the ERS is charged whilst sat on the grid ? I guess it would be ?

Its an interesting question

I would have thought so. The electric motor probably has more torque from standstill than the old V8s

On the subject of torque did everyone else enjoy the 11's Bottas laid down off the start in Germany? I did! What was interesting is he didn't fully light the tyres up straight away but quite some way into the 'launch'.

[Mikey G]

The LMP hybrids tend to run a direct to wheel system, I believe looking online the Toyota runs a transmission based system to the rear and an extra system at the front soley for the front wheels. This means they can run the car without the engine running if the energy store has enough capacity to allow this. Mark Webber in this years Porsche did just that at LeMans when his engine failed.