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Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle
my head almost exploded
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Well, the above scenarios are rather simplified (at the risk of oversimplification) and they don't prove anything by themselves since I guessed at the higher top speed and didn't account for differences in braking cooling rates. In the faster scenario, the higher top speed (v_initial) is a factor of how much faster the driver get can on power to exit the corner and how the drag losses increase with speed (in addition to the higher v_final).
What I am saying is that things should play out in a similar manner in the real world. Otherwise, all you would need to do to avoid overheating your brakes is to lap faster, which is contrary to what happens in the real world.