Originally Posted by brundlebud:
“An F1 car should be driven flat out for 100% of the race, not just the start. I'm not interested in fuel saving of how many miles Lewis gets to a gallon.”
“An F1 car should be driven flat out for 100% of the race, not just the start. I'm not interested in fuel saving of how many miles Lewis gets to a gallon.”
Originally Posted by brundlebud:
“Not happening unless they re-introduce refuelling.”
“Not happening unless they re-introduce refuelling.”
It didn't even happen when we had refueling.
There has never been any period during F1's history where all the cars have been driven flat out at 100% throughout every lap of every race. There have been races where 1 or 2 drivers pushed close to 100% all race, But they were the exception which is why otherwise dull races like Hungary 1998, Suzuka 2000 & France 2004 stand out above other races in those years.
Look at Indycar for example, They have refueling yet have just as much (If not more) fuel saving as you see in F1 because even with refueling extending the length of a stint has strategy benefits. Champcar spent years trying to find a way of getting rid of fuel saving, From mandatory pit windows to timed races & removing fuel mix settings on the wheel but nothing they tried ever really worked.
The fuel & tyre management aspects in F1 are greater now than they were up until a few years ago, But even so there nowhere near as critical as they were through the 80's where fuel in particular was so critical that it wasn't uncommon to see cars run out of fuel (Imola '85 been the most obvious example). And add on top of fuel how much management of brakes, gearboxes, clutches, engines & other components were required back then.
Was it Jackie Stewart who once said that an F1 race was about winning at the slowest possible speed?




