Barrichello biting lip on Indy Car not really proper racing!
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You can tell he is no fan of this b
ks, where do not drive as hard as you can for the whole race - Not F1 is it.
Not racing in my book - ""I'm the type of driver who wants to push," he said. "I want to go flat out at all times, but this race was save, save, save all the way."
How to take a nice new car and bks up the actual racing - they need to take a page out of F1's book and have NO Fuel Stops.
Rubens Barrichello believes that strategy plays a far greater role in the IndyCar Series than it does in Formula 1 following his US racing debut at St Petersburg on Sunday.
The 11-time grand prix winner came home 17th in his first IndyCar race, having run out of fuel at the end after spending most of the season opener battling in the midfield.
He admitted that he was surprised at how important fuel saving was in the series, and he said it was the main thing he learned from his first race.
"I was pleased that I got so much better during the race, but parts of it were frustrating," Barrichello wrote in a blog for USA Today.
"I was in fuel-saving mode throughout most of the race, which is something I'm not used to doing. I wasn't allowed to push all the way through.
"In America, we're going to have to learn how to be patient and deal with saving fuel as a strategy to win races.
"I feel like strategy is going to be a much greater part of this form of racing than it was for me in Formula 1."
The 39-year-old added that he was not particularly keen on racing to a target fuel mileage.
"I'm the type of driver who wants to push," he said. "I want to go flat out at all times, but this race was save, save, save all the way. To add to that, we also had trouble with a fuel gauge that was giving us bad information, so I ended up running out of fuel.
"In IndyCar, there are so many elements of strategy in relation to the yellow flags and fuel. It's something I'm going to have to learn.
"I wasn't really allowed to push the car as hard as I could, and that was frustrating. But I'm going to take the race as a positive. I learned a great deal about racing in the IndyCar Series."
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You can tell he is no fan of this b
ks, where do not drive as hard as you can for the whole race - Not F1 is it.Not racing in my book - ""I'm the type of driver who wants to push," he said. "I want to go flat out at all times, but this race was save, save, save all the way."
How to take a nice new car and b
ks up the actual racing - they need to take a page out of F1's book and have NO Fuel Stops.=============================================================================================================
Rubens Barrichello believes that strategy plays a far greater role in the IndyCar Series than it does in Formula 1 following his US racing debut at St Petersburg on Sunday.
The 11-time grand prix winner came home 17th in his first IndyCar race, having run out of fuel at the end after spending most of the season opener battling in the midfield.
He admitted that he was surprised at how important fuel saving was in the series, and he said it was the main thing he learned from his first race.
"I was pleased that I got so much better during the race, but parts of it were frustrating," Barrichello wrote in a blog for USA Today.
"I was in fuel-saving mode throughout most of the race, which is something I'm not used to doing. I wasn't allowed to push all the way through.
"In America, we're going to have to learn how to be patient and deal with saving fuel as a strategy to win races.
"I feel like strategy is going to be a much greater part of this form of racing than it was for me in Formula 1."
The 39-year-old added that he was not particularly keen on racing to a target fuel mileage.
"I'm the type of driver who wants to push," he said. "I want to go flat out at all times, but this race was save, save, save all the way. To add to that, we also had trouble with a fuel gauge that was giving us bad information, so I ended up running out of fuel.
"In IndyCar, there are so many elements of strategy in relation to the yellow flags and fuel. It's something I'm going to have to learn.
"I wasn't really allowed to push the car as hard as I could, and that was frustrating. But I'm going to take the race as a positive. I learned a great deal about racing in the IndyCar Series."
I could only watch the first 5-10 laps, was like F1 a few seasons ago, all follow the leader. Plus IMO, the new cars are hideous, and make the recent F1 abominations look rather good.
Its a shame Rubens ended up over there, especially as Williams seems to have something alot better under them this year
Its a shame Rubens ended up over there, especially as Williams seems to have something alot better under them this year
Perhaps if he wasn't fuel saving he might be closer to the front :-)
I'm not against strategy in motor racing but Indycar (as with American sportscar racing) seem over fond of bringing out 'full course yellows' to bunch the pack up therefore making it worthwhile saving fuel rather than burning off into the distance.
I'm not against strategy in motor racing but Indycar (as with American sportscar racing) seem over fond of bringing out 'full course yellows' to bunch the pack up therefore making it worthwhile saving fuel rather than burning off into the distance.
jellison said:
His opinions on coming from F1 are - I.e. you are paid to RACE. Drive the wheels off the things.
Which is odd really, condsidering he spent a decent chunk of his F1 career being paid NOT to race his team mate. I can understand his frustration, and fuel races can be annoying, but F1 is still a massive strategy game, it's just moved to tyres rather than fuel. I don't consider trundling round on a one stopper a la Force India or Sauber to be driving the wheels off the thing, for example.
fatboy69 said:
Bring him back from the backwater that is Indy car racing & put him Massa's Ferrari. At least he would score some points & not languish at the arse end of the field.
Good point - but think this is a done deal - try to drag Massa up to a reasonable level through season (say all the politically lovey things) then sign Perez in next few weeks (but for 2013).Any fuel saving isn't racing. Simples. At least F1 has binned pointless refuelling - one less variable and helps races as different people and different cars can deal with the massive weight fuel loose through the race. They are 10x better that just 3 years back.
Indy should learn - but they won'y not sure yanks really get REAL racing.
Well, whether he likes it or not, he got a solid finish at Barber.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2012/Official_Honda_I...
Mention also for Simon Pagenaud and hugely impressive drive from Bourdais.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2012/Official_Honda_I...
Mention also for Simon Pagenaud and hugely impressive drive from Bourdais.
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