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re: 2025 Formula 1 Season Thread
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:06 pm to s14suspense
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:06 pm to s14suspense
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Turns out that fuel power and not fuel flow will be measured next year. Basically denser energy fuel can be used to save weight and gain power, but less fuel can be flowed if that happens.
That makes it seem like they are expecting teams to show up with wildly different fuel blends this year. It might play a bigger role in the championship than I thought. Is testing fuel power a way to keep everyone close?
This post was edited on 12/19/25 at 5:08 pm
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Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:30 pm to MississippiLebowski
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That makes it seem like they are expecting teams to show up with wildly different fuel blends this year.
The only reason F1 has hybrids is that the engine suppliers want to work on future technologies. Sustainable fuels is the next area that they have a big interest in, and it could mean great things for F1 in the future (our dream of getting rid of hybrids).
The way I see it, there are two main goals for sustainable fuels aside from the obvious meeting of emissions goals, and that would be reducing costs (for future road car use), and approaching the energy density of fossil fuels. This reminds me of the tire wars that drove Goodyear out and resulted in an intense battle between Bridgestone and Michelin. Some people didn't like it because it could result in one tire having a significant advantage and then the teams that used the other tire would all be screwed. This also reminds me of CART in the 90s when Reynard created the dominant chassis, and forced even Penske to give up their own car designs.
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Is testing fuel power a way to keep everyone close?
So this is an interesting dilemma. One one hand, we all want them to develop the highest energy densities possible, but it could create a competitive imbalance that needs to be addressed. It would seem counterproductive to have a "maximum energy density" rule.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 6:04 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
I’m all for trying anything that could lead them back to V-10s. I think it’s good for development to give them the space and opportunity to go in different directions. I don’t like BOP or balance of power racing tho. I think it discourages development when the team that builds the fastest car is forced to make it slower so other teams can keep up. That said I do understand that we can’t have one team show up running rocket fuel or something crazy so there has to be regulations. I’m excited to see actual cars on track.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 7:47 pm to MississippiLebowski
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The fuel in the race cars makes up 1% of the total fuel usage of Formula 1.
This is an incredible stat.
Think about how much fuel they use flying the full wet tires around to basically never use them.
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