2006 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race 1/18

McLaren seem to able to make a car which is very light on its tyres, so probably wouldn't even need to be that hard a tyre.

Alonso right on the tail of Schumi.
 
I've heard nice little whispers that the Mercedes is surprisingly fuel efficient and as normal the McLaren has a large fuel tank.

It's possible that he could do the race without refuelling - unlikely though as the car would be obscenely heavy at the start...
 
Flibster said:
I've heard nice little whispers that the Mercedes is surprisingly fuel efficient and as normal the McLaren has a large fuel tank.

It's possible that he could do the race without refuelling - unlikely though as the car would be obscenely heavy at the start...
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Wouldn't that be fantastic :cool:. Certainly a kick in the teeth for everyone else!
 
Ad break would be nice about now...

3 large mugs of tea and a long middle section of the show do not go together well *crosses legs and does a little dance*
 
Flibster said:
I've heard nice little whispers that the Mercedes is surprisingly fuel efficient and as normal the McLaren has a large fuel tank.

It's possible that he could do the race without refuelling - unlikely though as the car would be obscenely heavy at the start...
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The amount of fuel used is proportional to the power of the engine, and the Merc certainly isn't the most powerful on the grid.
 
Alibaba99 said:
The amount of fuel used is proportional to the power of the engine, and the Merc certainly isn't the most powerful on the grid.
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It also relies on the ability to extract the maxmimum energy out of a specified amount of fuel...Mercedes has been pretty good at that in the past *although usually it just splats it out the side of the block. ;)*

With the McLaren's large tank and selective mapping of the engine it's entirely possible.

Barrichello is missing 3rd gear...
Could be a bit annoying that.
 
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