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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
Lets say you're going through the gears, accelerating at WOT. You hit redline in 2nd gear, and shift to third, with a traditional manual gearbox. Is there a delay before you get full power in that next gear, short of using a WOT box or power shifting? That, is transient response.
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I understand the concept, I disagree with your overstating how bad it is. You attempt to make it sound like it's uncontrollable in corners, yet there is an amazing about of turbocharged race cars at the circuit that do just fine. Do they have the same transient response of the supercharger? No. Does it affect their ability to get to the podium? No.
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I don't see your point. An endurance race is about consistency and finishing the most laps without breaking the car. Standard endurance strategy is to pick a pace, and to stick to that pace for the duration of the race, unless circumstances dictate otherwise (e.g. close to a higher spot on podium towards the end, and picking up the pace). It sounds to me as if the strategy was well executed, and the difference in driving styles, skill level, and ultimately a "qualifying lap pace", were not manifested due to strategy. The drivers performed their tasks well.
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In this particular case, they were going all out. We were behind, and both had to make up time (thanks Peter!).
What my point was, different race drivers have different approaches, all the way up to F1 level. Schumacher liked his car set up one way, other drivers liked their cars set up another way.