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Comparing Pitstops Across Motorsports
Wizzo:
From Formula One to NASCAR to LMP Endurance racing, they all have pitstops and each are different.
F1fanaticBD:
I think in a way Pitstops portray the philisophy of each series, F1 has the most number of people to get the slightest advantage, Nascar keeping legacy of stock car racing, with it iconic refuelling cannisters, and Endurance race showing pit stop is also about endurance of the Pit Stop as well. Also shows F1 is as safe as sterile cotton with no refuelling, Nascar is safe with probably the easiest way to fuel a car, and Endurance being positively adventures about pitstops.
cosworth151:
Also, IndyCar used a gravity feed fuel system. The fuel is feed from an elevated tank. F1 used to use a pump fed system.
Formula E's car swap is just bizarre.
Jericoke:
--- Quote from: cosworth151 on June 25, 2015, 12:22:20 PM ---Also, IndyCar used a gravity feed fuel system. The fuel is feed from an elevated tank. F1 used to use a pump fed system.
Formula E's car swap is just bizarre.
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When I started watched the Indy 500 for the first time, I was surprised to see the cars had built in jacks. It seemed so cool for the cars to pull into the pits, and just pop up.
When I started watching F1, I was surprised to see jackmen. F1 was supposed to be high tech, but surely a self lifting car is way more high tech than two guys with a piece of steel bent to 90 degrees.
Obviously I understand the nuance now, but if F1 is serious about pit safety (see refueling ban), and given the number of jackmen being hit, maybe that's something else they can look into. Levitating F1 cars!
lkjohnson1950:
The jack system is heavy. F1 decided it was too heavy. A jackman adds no weight or complexity to the car. F1 is the only top level series that doesn't have built in jacks, (excepting NASCAR of course) but it also has by far the lightest cars.
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