28-12-2015, 01:03 PM
gorgias1976 Wrote:Does somebody have the fuel calculation for Nordschleife VLN and the tank capacity for the car?
A x2 fuel multiplier could be enough for a 2 stop race?
Okay.. Tank capacity is 80L, and fuel consumption is 7.1 per lap. That will make it 14.2 with x2 fuel multiplier (let's say 16L to be safe)
Laptime with full tank was 9:13. It was only my 3rd lap and of course we will go faster than that but I think we can use it as an average. That would make it a 14 laps race, so a totalt of 224 liters of fuel is needed. So the answer is yes, x2 fuel consumption is enough to make a 2 stop race. But you can only do 5 laps with full tank, so everyone has to pit every 5th lap to not run out of fuel. And you can only pit earlier than every 5th lap once, I think.
Well, we counted 1.8 extra liters per lap to be safe, so that would add up to 25 liters left over fuel over 14 laps. So it should be possible to do one 3 lap stint too. So at least one 5-laps stint is required to make it to the end (you will have like 7-6 liters of fuel left when you pit). Then it should be possible to make two 4 lap stint. But if you want to be 100% safe then do two 5 lap stints and one 4 lap stint.

EDIT: doh I'm stupid lol. Of course you have to do two 5-lap stint's or you will only 13 laps

