As per Toto Wolff, if they hadn't turned down their FF rate, they would have been 5/10th faster.
I assume he is referring to the fact that they turned down FF rate to 96 kg/hr to ensure it never spiked over 100
Does it make such a big difference ?
Fuel Flow Rate effect on laptimes
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camberley
, Mar 16 2014 20:58
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darkkis
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Posted 16 March 2014 - 21:23
How were the laptimes compared to last year?
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HuddersfieldTerrier1986
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Posted 16 March 2014 - 22:03
5/10th as in 0.5s
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6string
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Posted 16 March 2014 - 22:13
Races go for approx 1.5h. The fuel flow limit is 100kg/h with a total limit of 100kg. Therefore they are managing fuel the whole race, and what Toto is saying is that they were losing 0.5s/lap on max engine setting. Using max engine setting must be compensated for at a different stage, therefore the total race time is not affected at all if track position is not a factor.
