This isn't exactly an apples-to-apples comparison since F1 instituted a ban on refuling cars during pit stops in 2010
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They aren't refueling during the 1990 pit stop though.
upon further investigation, it turns out this is exactly and apples-to-apples comparison.
Well it looks like one of the guys had trouble with getting the nut on in the very first one...
He shouldn’t be embarrassed; it can happen to anyone.
Arguably rules and regulations have changed too, to affect this. Back then they also refueled the car during pit stops. This has not been the case since 2010.
I believe that recently they have added a regulation forcing a sort of buffer time between the ready sign and when the car may leave
Wait, so now they never refuel them during pitstops?
They do the whole race just by filling the tank before the beginning of the race!?!
Yeah. They start with around 100kg of fuel.
Wow, so now I'm curious why they didn't do it in the previous years. I'm sure they refueled cars regularly during pitstops in the 1990's
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.