Which most are you talking about. Any racing i've been involved in trick gas makes a pretty good difference (until you get caught)
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Which most are you talking about. Any racing i've been involved in trick gas makes a pretty good difference (until you get caught)
Not sure what trick gas exactly is, but if you are talking about a gasoline with different specifications that is completely different thing than to have a legal fuel 3-4 °C too cool for about three laps.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritone
I would argue that the difference in performace would be impossible to detect.
Well they say this gave an advantage of 1sec on the whole distance for BMW and Williams...Quote:
Originally Posted by Juppe
By trick gas i mean, not the stuff that comes out your corner gas station pump. Most racing gas is specially blended gas for racing. Their are numerous products that you can blend with race gas to give you an advantage. Some legal, some not.
I'm sure that the gas that is used in F1 is highly developed fuel with ingrediants that i'm sure we"ll never hear about. I'm sure when we hear the evidence from the appeal ( if we get to hear any) we might get a clearer picture of what the advantage was in terms of performance gain.
Not sure about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritone
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Originally Posted by DonJippo
Well, if this is correct, then I would suggest that the Williams and BMW cars be penalised 1 second each. End of story.
The gas they use in F1 is very strictly regulated, and it is basically "street gasoline". There were crazy times regarding fuel in the past, but those days are long gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritone
Mike Gascoigne was quoted as saying about the cool fuel issue "it could be 5 or 10 hp easily". Because of the effect on charge temperature.
I thought it was supposed to be "pump fuel", but then Ferrari are thanking Shell for their contribution, so there must be some scope for messing with it. Before they regulated it used to be really toxic, apparently, dangerous to handle for the crews.
Yes, it was significantly more volatile.Quote:
Originally Posted by passmeatissue
IF lewis hasnt made that mistake where he lost a chunk of time and IF mclaren did a two stopper than that stupid 3 stopper this would be irreleventQuote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
Would McLaren bother if Hammy won the WDC? Somehow I dont think so.......
For it to have any advantage would the fuel have to stay as cool through the whole race? Without the gas tank being insulated that wouldnt happen I dont think.
They said during the telecast that it was about 60C temp on the race track