A very interesting article, and I do think it explains well their qualifying advantage.
I'm also now wondering if Vettel was also able to use this for his out lap following his first tyre stop in the race. His two overtakes made him look like he was on another level, but maybe now we know this, then there's possibly another explanation. It may also explain why he was so much slower (or only just about fast enough) later in the race, as he was having to conserve fuel (to make up for the extra he burned in that lap)?
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