F1 refueling?
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Hope so... if not it'll be a very short race!(Original post by DJC)
Do F1 cars refuel between Qualifying 3 (Q3) and the race, or do the top 10 qualify on race fuel? I couldn't find the answer anywhere.
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Re: F1 refueling?I think yesterday's qualifying chaos might have answered that one(Original post by DJC)
Do F1 cars refuel between Qualifying 3 (Q3) and the race, or do the top 10 qualify on race fuel? I couldn't find the answer anywhere.
But seriously yeah they refuel, I think back in the days of in race refuelling they qualified on their starting fuel? That's just a vague memory to be honest. -
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Re: F1 refueling?Ok thanks for clearing that up, I take it http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/ru.../7220/fia.html is outdated then, it confused me(Original post by Maynia)
At the moment they do. From 2003, final qualifying was run with race fuel, but since in-race refuelling was (re-)banned for 2010 they run feather-light in Q3 and fuel for the whole race afterwards.
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Re: F1 refueling?Yeah, that's out of date. This is reg 29 from the 2012 sporting regulations, in its entirety:
29) REFUELLING
29.1 a) Refuelling is only permitted in the team’s designated garages.
b) No car may be refuelled after it has left the pit lane to start the first reconnaissance lap permitted under Article 38.1.
c) Fuel may not be added to nor removed from a car during a race.
29.2 No car may be refuelled, nor may fuel be removed from a car, at a rate greater than 0.8 litres per second.
29.3 The driver may remain in his car throughout refuelling but the engine must be stopped.
29.4 Each competitor must ensure that an assistant equipped with a suitable fire extinguisher of adequate capacity is beside the car throughout all refuelling operations.
