Short fuelling (3 posts)

Topic tags: F1, fuel
  • Profile picture of ianhaycox ianhaycox said 5 months, 4 weeks ago:

    I’m not sure if the sporting and technical regulations allow this, but:-

    What if a team decide to under fuel a car, giving that car a significant performance advantage. The ‘hare’ car could play a spoiler role. Obviously the under fuelled car is not going to finish but could play a significant part in the outcome of a race.

    I think this happened with Eddie Irvine in Japan one year.

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  • Profile picture of sozavele sozavele said 5 months, 4 weeks ago:

    Well all teams do under fuel the cars, common knowledge now, that is why they have a fuel saving period.

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  • Profile picture of Jimmyt Jimmyt said 5 months, 4 weeks ago:

    I think Toleman did this with Derek Warwick at the 1982 British GP, though I think that was more about publicity than ‘spoiling’

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