2005 Quailifing help please

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adam2003
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Joined: 23 Aug 2012, 11:53

2005 Quailifing help please

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3.30 minutes onwards saying the mclaren driver can carry extra fuel, I forgot how the qualification worked back then can someone explain thanks

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMc8qy6U ... re=related[/youtube]

zorog
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Joined: 15 May 2010, 21:01

Re: 2005 Quailifing help please

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in 2005 they had a aggregate system with the times from a Saturday afternoon session combined with a Sunday morning session.

Saturday was a low(one lap worth) fuel session, then they had to run on Sunday with the fuel they wanted to start the race with.

Mclaren340
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Joined: 30 Mar 2012, 22:06

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As zorog said, there was an aggregate system. The first session was held on Saturday where all the cars could one lap and carried minimum fuel. This is the session shown in the video. The second session was held on Sunday morning, again each driver had one lap, however this time they had to do so with the amount of fuel they would start the race with. These two laptimes were added together to determine the starting order. Because Raikkonen was almost half a second faster than Alonso in the first session, he can afford to be just under half a second slower than Alonso in the second session whilst still maintaining pole. Therefore he can afford to carry more fuel in the second qualifying session and hence at the start of the race, which gives a strategic advantage, especially at Monaco.