Re-Fuelling Ban Created Thrilling Turkish GP

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Published: June 7, 2010

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The re-fuelling ban may have attracted many critics after a very processional Bahrain GP but it was the catalyst that created the thrilling Turkish GP.

There have been many criticisms of the re-fuelling ban, including the fact that there is less strategy than before, it’s now more about nursing the car rather than pushing hard, and it’s more difficult to make progress from a poor grid position.

However the Turkish GP wouldn’t have been anywhere near the spectacle it was had re-fuelling still been permitted. Mclaren would have had a far easier time winning this race.

They could have approached the race in one of two ways.

They could have fuelled both McLarens lighter than the Red Bulls. Considering that Lewis Hamilton was just 0.138 seconds slower than Mark Webber’s pole time, a lighter load would almost certainly have given him pole position. Potentially, Jenson Button could also have joined him on the front row.

In the first stint of the race the two McLarens would have simply driven away from the Red Bulls. Considering how quick they were in the race there is a very fair chance that they could have built up enough of a gap to emerge from the first pit stop sequence ahead.

From then on it’s likely they would have been able to hold position and win the race.

The alternative strategy may have been to fuel to go a few laps longer and use their superior pace to leapfrog the Red Bulls in the pit stops.

With this strategy it’s very feasible that we would have seen the McLarens following the Red Bulls reasonably closely on track. Of course knowing that they could make the jump at the pit stops neither Hamilton nor Button would have had any intention of attempting to make a pass.

It’s hard to imagine the McLarens being able to take both Red Bulls at the first stop. In all probability they would have been able to jump one of t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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