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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.
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.