I don’t quite agree. Fueling would add an additional dimension to pit strategy in combination with tire selection, which would play out on track as greater variation in on-track speed – ie., if you’re on a stint with a harder tire, do you run enough fuel to get to your next tire stop, or go light for extra speed on track and plan for a splash-n-dash mid-stint? The time penalty per kilo of weight in F1 is such that it might be worth the extra time in the pits.
I remember the refuelling times and it didn’t really make for compelling racing. Everyone was running extremely light to try and undercut everyone else, but it was obviously not working.
I agree that the cars should go back to a normal size: half the car if stretched not for Safety Reasons but because more surface = more downforce. I was reading that the transmission casing is one big 50cm spacer just to make the car longer
I don’t quite agree. Fueling would add an additional dimension to pit strategy in combination with tire selection, which would play out on track as greater variation in on-track speed – ie., if you’re on a stint with a harder tire, do you run enough fuel to get to your next tire stop, or go light for extra speed on track and plan for a splash-n-dash mid-stint? The time penalty per kilo of weight in F1 is such that it might be worth the extra time in the pits.
I remember the refuelling times and it didn’t really make for compelling racing. Everyone was running extremely light to try and undercut everyone else, but it was obviously not working.
I agree that the cars should go back to a normal size: half the car if stretched not for Safety Reasons but because more surface = more downforce. I was reading that the transmission casing is one big 50cm spacer just to make the car longer