amho wrote:Does anyone knows about fuel efficiency of engines this year? last year we could see some data during TV broadcasting where generally Renault was burning more fuel than Ferrari and Mercedes, but this year nothing has been shown.
Im missing this information as well; specially for a race like todays for Hondas PU.
It seesm like they were very concern with the fuel consumption during the race, and only until Alonso did a couple of late "flying laps" it became obvious to me.
Then I read the team report and it becomes clear: The PU is too damn thirsty in its current spec.
Alonso quotes:
“In fact, the car felt good all race – obviously, we were saving fuel at some points of the afternoon, but, on one lap, I just decided to go for it – to wake myself up a little bit! – and the lap-time showed the potential is there."
Boullier quotes:
“That said, he drove a somewhat lonely race, with one eye very much on his fuel-meter. The gap ahead to fourth-placed Valtteri Bottas tells the story of how conservatively he drove his race – and the handful of very quick, unrestrained, laps that he punched in in the closing laps show the potential of what could have been achieved had he been able to run at full pace throughout."
Hasegawa:
“We knew that our longer stints were good here, but it was a job well done for our team and drivers to manage our one-stop strategy and fuel-saving during the race, which led to today’s results."
Can´t wait to see how can Honda improve the current spec with the remaining tokens [-o<
Full team report here:
http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2016/ru ... sianGP2016
