When you go to flying lap for qualifying progress ers is already set to hot lap when you take control off the car in final sector before you begin your hot lap. So it would surprise me if the simulated part off the outlap Has your car at maximum attack.
switching car to lean on in and out laps is also kinder to engine and gearbox.
And then the final way to keep wear down. Is to select full races calendar. If you select 16 race season. The game still simulates the 6 races off wear that you skip/kids than adds it during one off your actual races. Not sure how’s it implement. If it works out as 6 races at 10% wear per race = 60% and then equally shares it out over your 16 race season. Or if it’s a case it adds 10% extra wear to the next race after the one you miss.
say you miss Bahrain and go straight to Jeddah If by the end off that race you’ve also had the simulated wear from Bahrain. Which I think is how it works.
As I’m useless and hate Monaco I race it but just do practice programs the. Select all new parts. Take penalties then Start from last place and being a manchild I keep on the max power and ers into first bend and try and take as many ai cars out with me🙄😂
helping reduce overall wear and getting all new parts.