Qué quiere decir ¨los parciales¨?

Question

Hi all,

I don´t understand the word parciales in this context. It is from an article comparing two motorcycles. The rest is clear, but that word loses me. Could anyone explain? Thanks in advance!

Hola a todos.

No entiendo la palabra parciales en este contexto. Es de un artículo comparando dos motos. Alguién me la puede explicar? Gracias antemano.

> También es un poco más completa su instrumentación, las dos son > digitales y compactas, pero en la recién llegada se pueden ver, además > de los parciales y el nivel de combustible, el consumo medio e > instantáneo.

Answer 1

How about lap times?

I found this on the Kawasaki site:

Esta reducción en la resistencia al viento puede suponer una enorme diferencia en los tiempos parciales de vuelta.

On the racetrack, this reduction in wind resistance can make a big difference in lap times.

Thanks Kiwi. Tiempoes parciales, in your context, would be what we call split-times, which are laptimes broken down by sectors (usually 4 or 5 segments or sectors) for more detailed analysis than simple aggregate laptimes give. But thanks much. Cheers! - rogspax, Oct 14, 2013

ah well at least Relaxing Cup figured it out :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 14, 2013

Answer 2

Hi there! Here my guess (I have zero vocabulary motor-related)

You know that racing circuits are divided into sectors. I think parciales refers to the times (partial times) in that sectors.

I see it a lot mostly in qualifying sessions the day before the race, when they are fighting for the pole position. You can guess (almost foretell) what position a racer will get by seeing how fast he ran through first sector.

It's also interesting to know how certain motorbikes behave better (go faster) in portions of the circuit with or without curves. But I guess that you know much more than me about that. :^D

EDIT: I gave it another thought and, if they are comparing two motorcycles, probably they are talking about the "on-board computer" that saves data and shows statistics about average speed, fuel consumption, etc. And parciales might be related to statistics as the well known TRIP-A and TRIP-B in car computers or maybe the average speed since the last stop or the distance travelled in the past 24 hours. That's what parciales tell me. I hope this helps.

[Revise my English, please]

Thanks very much RC. It is definitely that last one. I know the first definition (we call them split-times) since that is my industry, and what I do most weekends. The addition/edit you made sounds spot on though. Muchas gracias. - rogspax, Oct 14, 2013