After taking only 1 pit stop, he managed to go all the way to the chequered flag. How is this possible? Why didn't he run out of gas? Is it possible on other tracks?
2007-10-07 10:34:41 · 12 answers · asked by ferrari_in_heaven 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Formula One
He was on a one stop strategy besides a formula one car has the tank for it. If you paid close attention, he slowed down in the last few laps to save the fuel probably and looked like he almost won't make the finish line (thank god he did)...
2007-10-08 02:54:58 · answer #1 · answered by hickskicks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, but the amazing thing it was how he kept his tyres better than the ("supposed to be world champion") when he had to push as well, so he wasn't on a Sunday walk until 10 laps to finish he had to push hard, really amazing. The other one the crybaby he didn't even had to push hard he could let Kimi pass and still be champion, that shows you how he deserves this title (not).
The tanks are big enough for one stop even just a dash stop and go near the end, but that would make the car to heavy during the race and loose quite a lot of time against the others.
Good question, and good nickname.
Have a star, and GO KIMI!
2007-10-09 05:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of teams adopt a 1 stop strategy at a lot of tracks. the fuel tanks on the modern F1 car hold a lot of fuel and the engineers work out roughly how much fuel will take a driver to the end of a race. there have been a few instances where drivers have run out of fuel though, which is why you heard the pit crew on the radio telling him to conserve fuel.
2007-10-07 13:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by val f1 nutter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sebastien Vettel is the next Michael Schumacher you just wait and see the boy wipe the floor with everyone when he gets a car thats consistently competitve
look at his record entering F1 in all the other categories in his carrear it all speaks for itself
the rest of the worlds drivers should be worried
2007-10-09 12:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by Music fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's enough! It does happen at other races too. At first they won't be able to go as quickly as other cars carrying less fuel but as they warm up their tyres and burn off the fuel, they go faster. The others who make more than one pit stop have to go in and as a result, lose their position to the 1-stop driver.
2007-10-07 21:21:43 · answer #5 · answered by , 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep no big deal, he drove really well too. I thought it was funny though when there were like 2 laps to go and his Team Radio was telling him to take it easy, slow down and save fuel. haha, the commentators on tv we're like: "i don't think that's a necessity right now, just finish the race on 4th before the others catch up with him" :p
2007-10-07 11:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue angel is right,but with only one stop,a driver can only change the tires once,so the race car will become harder to control as it struggling with grip,making 1-stop strategy non ideal
2007-10-07 22:57:08 · answer #7 · answered by stowlly123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The race engineers dont get a stable view of the tires, its the driving force who could make the ideal judgement. Hamilton would have made that decision, extremely he had to "win it". initially, the tyres weren't replaced because of the fact the drivers are happy with the 1st intermediate's stability and wouldnt desire to positioned on a clean set. they might lose rather a lot of time getting used to the hot ones and bringing them as much as temperature. because of the fact the rain became getting lesser, they went out with the partly treaded intermediates.
2016-12-14 10:24:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible on all f1 circuits. He didnt run out of fuel because the fuel tank isnt as small as you think.
2007-10-11 01:11:35 · answer #9 · answered by Nitin T F1 fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, the fuel tanks are big enough to 1 stop.
It's happened at loads of circuits.
2007-10-07 10:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by Kev E 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋