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**houkbsdov** · 04-23-2012, 11:24 PM

... To me that is not racing, its an economy run. ...

I think the argument there is that with refueling a race consisted of a series of sprint races, not a full ~300km event.

... I have posted before that bonus points could be awarded for fuel remaining in a tank at the end of a race ...

Soo… A driver can theoretically cross the finish line first, but not win the event because another car scored more points because he had more fuel
remaining in this tank

.

I prefer the idea that’s been previously mentioned: Allow each team a pre-determined maximum amount of fuel for race day, but make the restriction severe, and allow full development and use of energy recovery systems, e.g. KERS.

...The decision not to use flywheel based KERS systems ...

I’m no mechanic, but I think the problem there is the small size and mass of a fly wheel in a formula one car would result in minimal energy recovery.

04-23-2012, 11:24 PM	#30
houkbsdov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 709 Senior Member	... To me that is not racing, its an economy run. ... I think the argument there is that with refueling a race consisted of a series of sprint races, not a full ~300km event. ... I have posted before that bonus points could be awarded for fuel remaining in a tank at the end of a race ... Soo… A driver can theoretically cross the finish line first, but not win the event because another car scored more points because he had more fuel remaining in this tank . I prefer the idea that’s been previously mentioned: Allow each team a pre-determined maximum amount of fuel for race day, but make the restriction severe, and allow full development and use of energy recovery systems, e.g. KERS. ...The decision not to use flywheel based KERS systems ... I’m no mechanic, but I think the problem there is the small size and mass of a fly wheel in a formula one car would result in minimal energy recovery.
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