2008 Canadian Grand Prix - Race 7/18

Testing Times - Day 2 @ Barcelona

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[b]Pos  Driver      Team                     Time      Laps[/b]
 1.  Badoer      Ferrari             (B)  1:21.013   95
 2.  de la Rosa  McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:21.374  111
 3.  Glock       Toyota              (B)  1:21.573   97
 4.  Rosberg     Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:21.614   86
 5.  Coulthard   Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:21.669   86
 6.  Kubica      BMW Sauber          (B)  1:21.761  114
 7.  Barrichello Honda               (B)  1:21.950  122
 8.  Piquet      Renault             (B)  1:22.037  129
 9.  Bourdais    Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:22.395  101

More usual drivers today. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68280
 
I would do this if I was in charge:

I would ask the teams to tell an FIA rep on which lap +/- 1 lap they expected their drivers to run out of fuel. If a safety car then came out they would be allowed to pit during that period without penalty. The teams could update this official if anything to adjust the pace of the race happened such as safety car before they needed to pit or rain etc and after each time they took on fuel. This data would obviously not be shared with other teams.

I do not know if there is still a penalty if you car obviously is broken and needs to pit but I would remove the penalty for broken/no front wing etc.
 
Fishman said:
I would do this if I was in charge:

I would ask the teams to tell an FIA rep on which lap +/- 1 lap they expected their drivers to run out of fuel. If a safety car then came out they would be allowed to pit during that period without penalty. The teams could update this official if anything to adjust the pace of the race happened such as safety car before they needed to pit or rain etc and after each time they took on fuel. This data would obviously not be shared with other teams.

I do not know if there is still a penalty if you car obviously is broken and needs to pit but I would remove the penalty for broken/no front wing etc.
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Cue everyone saying the Ferrari Internation Assistance will help Ferrari with a few notes slipping into their pockets. :p
 
NathanE said:
McLaren had better straight line speed all weekend though. Clearly McLaren were running on lower downforce than Ferrari. Ferrari were running some of the highest downforce there (even higher than BMW) to get the performance in the corners...

PS: And weight affects everything.. cornering, braking, acceleration, top end speed.
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Weight will be more of an issue at higher speeds than at lower speeds.

Add to that the "extra" straight line speed advantage of the Mclaren as you say. I wouldnt be suprised if the Ferraris had another 3 or 4 laps of fuel on the Macs.
 
Testing Times - Day 3 @ Barcelona

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[b]Pos  Driver       Team                     Time      Laps[/b]
 1.  Piquet       Renault             (B)  1:20.076  112
 2.  De la Rosa   McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:20.402  82
 3.  Badoer       Ferrari             (B)  1:20.680  63
 4.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:21.037  92
 5.  Glock        Toyota              (B)  1:21.158  86
 6.  Heidfeld     BMW Sauber          (B)  1:21.295  88
 7.  Barrichello  Honda               (B)  1:21.672  83
 8.  Hulkenberg   Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:21.674  60
 9.  Vettel       Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:21.880  72

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68308
 
NathanE said:
It's all fuel loads isn't it...
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Welcome to modern Formula One :)

I mean, seriously. It isn't all that far back when you get to the days when they didn't give a frappin' toss about fuel loads, simply because they couldn't refuel in the race. You qualify on low fuel and sticky tyres, you race on one tank and whatever rubber suits your strategy. Which nets you situations like the ones rpstewart detailed here.

We're getting slicks next year (halle-*******-lujah). How about we ban refuelling next, please?
 
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