Re: Audi in F1???

["Jouko Haapanen" <joukoh@vtoy.fi>]

The cars today in general do not carry fuel cells of maximimum capacity
allowed by the rules.  The fuel capacity of the car is a function of the
fuel consumption and more than anything else, car design.  As for 99% of the
races, you will have to stop for tires anyhow, you might as well fuel up and
run with (1.)a lighter avg fuel load and (2)less variance from max to min
fuel mass.

Only an engine of relatively light fuel consumption, driven in
low-consumption style (rain etc) along with tires that would last the whole
race as long as you take good care of them (again, rain) would make the
no-stop race even remotely possible.

Flip your calendars to Monaco 1998.  Rain.  Arrows-Ford (low consumption).
Mika Salo.  No stops.

Necessary Audi content - he's got an imola yellow S3 .

Jouko Haapanen
Pori, Finland

ps. anyone catch the other Mika's (Häkkinen) new moustache at the Finnish
Independance Day Gala at the Presidential Palce tonight?  I certainly hope
Hugo Boss is paying for him to wear it...


----- Original Message -----
From: John Corbishley <JCorbs@gtresort.com>
To: <MSV96@aol.com>; <quk@isham-research.freeserve.co.uk>;
<quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Audi in F1???


> Didn't they limit the amount of fuel that the cars could carry, and thus
> make refueling a necessity?

  --much snippage--