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by **Dave Thaye** » Thu, 01 Aug 1996 04:00:00

To all,

I havent raced GP2 enough (only one week)yet to know if the cars are
doing faster times with less fuel onboard. I guess I am still trying
to keep my car on some the tracks.

In INDY2, the less fuel I have the faster I can run my car, Do the
rest of you in GP2 notice a speed difference with different amounts
of fuel on board.

This may be in the manual, I have not come across it yet, Is fuel only
shown in "number of laps" on***pit or can you see the actual gallons
like in INDY2.

Thanks for any information,

Dave Thayer

by **Michael E. Carv** » Fri, 02 Aug 1996 04:00:00

: To all,

: I havent raced GP2 enough (only one week)yet to know if the cars are
: doing faster times with less fuel onboard. I guess I am still trying
: to keep my car on some the tracks.

: In INDY2, the less fuel I have the faster I can run my car, Do the
: rest of you in GP2 notice a speed difference with different amounts
: of fuel on board.

I can usually get better lap times with a lighter fuel load. It's
really hard to tell, but it seems that the CC go alot faster on a 2
pitstop strategy than the guys running a 1 stop.

: This may be in the manual, I have not come across it yet, Is fuel only
: shown in "number of laps" on***pit or can you see the actual gallons
: like in INDY2.

I am pretty sure it's just "projected" laps. If I have low downforce
and short-shift alot, I seem to get better gas milage than the dashboard
indicates. Anyone else have more light to shed on this?

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
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by **Paul Gra** » Fri, 02 Aug 1996 04:00:00

On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 14:17:04 -0600, Dave Thayer

>In INDY2, the less fuel I have the faster I can run my car, Do the
>rest of you in GP2 notice a speed difference with different amounts
>of fuel on board.

I think I could safely say the car gets quicker with less fuel.
While doing a full race my times usually improve as the fuel goes
down.

by **Paul Gra** » Fri, 02 Aug 1996 04:00:00

It depends on how high you work/rev the engine, I did a lap in 5th/6th
gear and managed to use only half a lap of fuel.

by **Robert E. Bru** » Sat, 03 Aug 1996 04:00:00

>To all,
>I havent raced GP2 enough (only one week)yet to know if the cars are
>doing faster times with less fuel onboard. I guess I am still trying
>to keep my car on some the tracks.

That is the case. Once you have the setup you want, it's not a bad
idea to go out with fresh tires and 3-5 laps of fuel. It seems like I
can brake about 5 yards later for each lap of fuel less in the tank.
Btw, 1 lap of fuel will not get you all the way around.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bob Bruss

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by **Richard Yi** » Mon, 05 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> To all,

> I havent raced GP2 enough (only one week)yet to know if the cars are
> doing faster times with less fuel onboard. I guess I am still trying
> to keep my car on some the tracks.

> In INDY2, the less fuel I have the faster I can run my car, Do the
> rest of you in GP2 notice a speed difference with different amounts
> of fuel on board.

Yes, you're right. Your performance will increase with less fuel. I have tried running with 99
laps of fuel and the car was so slow that it can't even reach 200mph at Hockenheim. You can also
see the plank wears and produces more drag to the car. That's interesting. There is no difference
for 5 laps and 12 laps of fuel as I tried before.

Happy Racing!

Richard

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rec.autos.simulators

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2

Amount of fuel verses lap times for GP2