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**Karpattaisp** · 04-25-2009, 02:34 AM

But, the strategy was deliberate to minimise the use of the soft tyre. If everyone knows they only get one tank of fuel, then you really have to earn your money. Manage tyres, manage fuel consumption etc.

Depends on the fuel consumption of the differing engines, and the efficiency of KERS. That would make it much more interesting.

You don't think that teams are managing tires and fuel now?

I'll probably keep saying this all season long, but the reason that the Brawns are so quick is because of their tire management. The DDD only adds a bit. Their use of TIRES is what has put them on top.

What will change if you have to run a whole race on one tank of fuel? The teams that are fast now (particularly on the super soft tires) will still be fast. And there will be LESS difference in strategy between teams (ala Alonso in China).

Efficiency of KERS you say. Well now we're talking. If the FIA/F1 would allow teams to use as much or as little KERS power as they wanted or could develop then we'd see some good stuff. Limiting them to 80HP for 6.6 sec is just dumb. Most teams have figured out that they would rather have the ~80lbs to place where they want it than the small amount of "boost" they get each lap.

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Karpattaisp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	But, the strategy was deliberate to minimise the use of the soft tyre. If everyone knows they only get one tank of fuel, then you really have to earn your money. Manage tyres, manage fuel consumption etc. Depends on the fuel consumption of the differing engines, and the efficiency of KERS. That would make it much more interesting. You don't think that teams are managing tires and fuel now? I'll probably keep saying this all season long, but the reason that the Brawns are so quick is because of their tire management. The DDD only adds a bit. Their use of TIRES is what has put them on top. What will change if you have to run a whole race on one tank of fuel? The teams that are fast now (particularly on the super soft tires) will still be fast. And there will be LESS difference in strategy between teams (ala Alonso in China). Efficiency of KERS you say. Well now we're talking. If the FIA/F1 would allow teams to use as much or as little KERS power as they wanted or could develop then we'd see some good stuff. Limiting them to 80HP for 6.6 sec is just dumb. Most teams have figured out that they would rather have the ~80lbs to place where they want it than the small amount of "boost" they get each lap.
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