F1 2014: All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained

Re:F1 2014: All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained by exDM69 on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @07:43AM (#6839895)

Brief in the sense that for most of the history of F1, refueling has not been allowed.

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Re:F1 2014: All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained by jackgavigan on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:32AM (#6840087)

That's not strictly true. Refuelling was allowed (or, more accurately, it wasn't banned) from 1950 (the first F1 world championship) thru 1983. Fangio did a deliberate pitstop during his famous win at the Nürburgring in 1957 [1].

However, it appears that it wasn't until 1983 that a team (Brabham) deliberately built a car with a tank too small to hold enough fuel to finish a race [2]. Brabham went on to win the 1983 championship and refuelling was banned from 1984.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_German_Grand_Prix [2]: http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/refueling.html

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Re:F1 2014: All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained by masklinn on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:33AM (#6840093)

Refueling was only banned in 1984, it was allowed before that.

So using the historical argument, it's the refueling ban whose stint has been brief (1984 - 1993, and 2010 - ?)

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Re:F1 2014: All aboard the 'power train' - new rules explained by bronson on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @04:39PM (#6843384)

Sounds like a disagreement over whether one is referring to the act of refueling or the refueling rule.

Both mid-race refueling and the refueling rule have had brief stints.

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