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Originally Posted by DoubleK
I totally agree with maintain the efficiency gains made over the past few years. What I'd like to see is, you have this much fuel to cover a race distance, up to you with how you use it. Keep the power unit limit, but other than that, have at it. Refueling? Sure. Want to turn 23k RPMs? Go nuts.
The other thing I'm questioning is the forcing of using two compounds. That's the only reason we see 1stoppers now. What happens if they take that away? Everyone starts on the hardest compound on offer and that's that? I think not.
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I agree. If you look at FE they get a battery that will make it to the end at a certain pace. If you push past that pace then the battery will not have enough power to finish or you need to regenerate more = slower. The Mexico race was won because the leader ran out of power on the last corner.
It's a different approach (fixed energy, fixed PU), and I see its merits, but I prefer your approach (Fixed energy, open PU). "Here's X amount of energy...do whatever you want with it". F1 is trying to do both (limiting fuel flow, no refueling, etc).
The Spanish FP 2 is on...didn't catch FP1 but it looked like a good battle between Merc + Ferrari. I see GrosJean had a solid run in P5. He was working with the new Haas aero kit vs. Magnussen on the old kit. Stroll crashed.