Not for the first time in 2013, drivers' tyre choices are poised to play a huge role in the outcome of a race, with the Pirelli soft compound widely expected to suffer a big drop-off in pace as the laps unfold.
In contrast, when Davidson took the wheel with the track temperature up and the brand new tyres switching on properly he was able to put in some very quick laps and build a lead, which was doubled when Peugeot tried double-stinting the tyres and found they could make them last without a significant drop-off in pace.
When it comes to tennis, belief can be observed and measured, starting with the serve, where a lack of confidence tends to produce faults, a drop-off in pace, and a despair that seeps into the rest of a player's game.
'Everything I tried she came up with a better shot,' Venus said, 'and when they're better shots you have to accept them.' The one query over Venus's performance was the gradual drop-off in pace on her first serve, but she denied later that she was suffering from a shoulder strain.
Additional studies on twitch kinetics during this drop in pacing frequency show a more gradual increase in TTP and RT50.
The second half drops in pace as it draws heavily on interviews with Guardian journalists while Edward Snowden is seen on screen, and becomes a straightforward piece of testimonial theatre in which the case for collecting intelligence is only sketchily advanced, and the play draws back from the spectators.
Government data showed a larger-than-expected drop in the pace of home sales last month.
Even the latest trade figures do not show a fall in Chinese exports—only a drop in their pace of growth.
New York City's unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent in May, its lowest level in more than four years, despite a sharp drop in the pace of hiring, the State Labor Department reported on Thursday.
But a 4.9 percent decline in the number of building permits and a 12.4 percent drop in the pace of completed houses illustrated the fragility of a recovery in the housing market.
