Re: McLaren strategy"Bigbird" <Bigbird.UsenetREMOVTHS@Gmail . com > wrote in
news:xn0fq2gxmtji5i00e@news.individual . net :
> Tommo wrote:
>
>> A couple of questions: one regarding Lewis and one on Heikki
>>
>> Lewis first: Bridgestone has said that they noticed a structural
>> issue with Lewis's tyres after Friday practice, and McLaren have said
>> this is why they 3 stopped him. Yet it seems (to me at least) that he
>> qualified on the fuel for a 2 stopper. If so, this seems like a late
>> change in strategy.
>>
>> Heikki: he came in for a stop on around lap 26. The fuel timing
>> caption said that he was fueled to the end but the team knew he would
>> have to stop again to change on to the soft tyres. When he did stop
>> again the also fueled him up. I was wondering if the caption was
>> wrong, but it was a very long stop (of 9 - 10 seconds).
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts, comments or answers regarding the above?
>
> He qualified on 3 stop fuel.
>
> The caption is a guesstimate based on the approximated time the fuel
> hose was on. I wouldn't rely on it.
>
In fact if you look at the fueling nozzle and the timer, you will see
how badly it's done. It *might* be accurate within +/-.5 seconds at
best.