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Formula 1 Pit Stop 1990 vs 2023
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Due to the sports environmental appeal they have moved to much smaller engines, that are way more power efficient than they used to (1.6lit V6 hybrids) . I don't believe that they actually could run a whole race without refueling, in the earlier eras.
Further more they have added a limit on how many tires they can use per weekend (and per season) as well as how many engines and engine parts. In the "old" days they'd use a brand new engine for qualifying and discard it for a new one for the actual race. I belive that they are down to 3 engines per driver for the whole season.
This is great! Thanks for the explanation!
I should have thought about it, because it's happened in regular life too: just like regular purpose cars on the street, even Formula One cars have become a lot more efficient and so they can run a lot more with a smaller tank.
It's amazing how much they've improved cars and how it makes cars from the 1990's appear clunkier (even if they did appear sleek at the time)