"I Don't Believe It!"
- Thread starter RevMaxPower
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downforce is grip.Not enough downforce equals less grip.
Wowsers. That's a pretty big typo. I'm editing that one for sure. Despite the mistake, I think you know what I meant.
I have to say the whole situation confuddled me. I think Mclaren have always had a problem with figuring out how much fuel is needed to get round Silverstone because didn't Senna run out of fuel on the last lap 2 years in a row when he was at Mclaren.
Would have been interesting to see if Jenson had the same issue if they'd put his wheel on properly although I think its a good job for Mclaren the Jenson didn't get out the pits again - imagine if Lewis had had to give up 4th to Jenson whilst he was saving fuel!(he would have been in that position) - imagine the headlines! imagine the forums!
Would have been interesting to see if Jenson had the same issue if they'd put his wheel on properly although I think its a good job for Mclaren the Jenson didn't get out the pits again - imagine if Lewis had had to give up 4th to Jenson whilst he was saving fuel!(he would have been in that position) - imagine the headlines! imagine the forums!
I remember Mario Andretti running out of fuel at the Dutch GP in 1980 as the wind had changed direction on the main straight between warm up (remember that?) and the race. I only point this out to show so many different things affect fuel consumption during a Grand Prix.
This doesn't excuse or explain why McLaren did what they did to Lewis though - suffice to say though he wouldn't have been as fast as he was in the early part of the race if it hadn't been for the light fuel load and he paid for it later on. I'm sure the team would have made him more than aware of the fuel load he had and the sort of pace they expected him to achieve, he simply drove too fast for the strategy.
This doesn't excuse or explain why McLaren did what they did to Lewis though - suffice to say though he wouldn't have been as fast as he was in the early part of the race if it hadn't been for the light fuel load and he paid for it later on. I'm sure the team would have made him more than aware of the fuel load he had and the sort of pace they expected him to achieve, he simply drove too fast for the strategy.
RevMaxPower
Banned
It's not often you hear that in relation to an F1 race
It's a line one should NEVER hear in a Motor race. "Drove too fast???"
VanChallis
Points Scorer
A possible excuse for Mclaren is that they may have taken a gamble on a safety car or two coming out in the early stages when the track was very unpredictable. 6-8 laps of safety car time may have been all the time he needed to push the whole way under green flags. I personally don't agree with this kind of risk, but that could explain how he was so massively underfuelled
VanChallis
Points Scorer
Sounds like a good idea to me, the only problem with that I can see is the different engines/teams have different consumption levels, which would make it hard to find a balance that all the teams will agree on. I mean, it will penalise teams that have designed their car to be a bit leaner on fuel that then has to put a load more in because of a new regulation
RevMaxPower
Banned
Fuel stops..... 
Incubus
Champion Elect
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Well that's precisely what they did in the turbo era isn't it? But as Van Challis said, the problem was that engines have different fuel consumption and at the time, they thought scenes like these weren't good for F1's image:
VanChallis
Points Scorer
Always gives me satisfaction to see this pic of Prost pushing his car. Never liked him really,
although I respect him massively as a driver
RevMaxPower
Banned
Always gives me satisfaction to see this pic of Prost pushing his car. Never liked him really,
Or indeed, a pusher...
NO!Fuel stops.....
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