Which equates to about 337l/100km or 0.7mpg.
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Which means at the Nordschliefe heāll have to stop after every lapā¦
Iām not even sure heāll finish a lap. How much fuel will he burn on that long straightaway?
Yeah true, the fuel burn is biblical when the turbos spool up
His total race fuel consumption was 235.5 l/100km, which is 1.20 imperial (i.e. UK) miles per gallon, but his burn rate is a lot higher on the straights
Hmm, maybe.
There wonāt be any strategy system adjustments during the running season. So the last race might be a bit of a lottery.
Qualifying uses another set of compound thresholds. See the āQā section in BRCTool. Just in case you have not set those values to the optimal values (default is 33 an 67 % I think), you should update your strategy for the āQā section. I will be running qualifying on Thursday.
Wrong, qualifying can be in the wet. Probabilities are similar to the race forecast.
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Congrats to @mer_at on the win! Your engine reliability seems like a pretty bold gamble but itās paying off so far. Very impressed by the lap times your car sustains even on worn tires.
Also, that was a good battle @TheBobWiley, I went in hoping to gain ground in the pits but didnāt quite expect to keep pace that well on the track.
Thanks to the commentators and @Der_Bayer for another good event!
Also a question about BROBOT - My car is geared for Hockenheim, which means itāll be sitting at the limiter on SPA for minutes on end. Since itās limited to that speed by the gearbox, not friction and air resistance, it would not realistically be using all of its power at top speed. Will that translate into lower fuel consumption?
It uses as much fuel as it needs: power @ rpm * BSFC @ rpm. If the result is lower than what it would be at peak power, it will need less fuel than at peak power.
Wow, another thrilling race, congrats to everyone!
Considering how the first three laps of the race went, Iām very lucky indeedā¦well, maybe not so lucky considering @CriticalSet9849 drove into the back of my car in the first place 
Iām very excited for Hockenheim; considering this car is directly descended from the QuER car of a few months ago, it is still largely optimised for this track. And, it also seems as though my car runs better in the rain, so I am hoping for another top 10 finish.
Its quite annoying that our cars are essentially clones of each other, I am less than 1/10th of a second faster on most laps than you, but you are would be able to go an extra lap before fuel on most tracks. I canāt catch you if your more than 1/4 second ahead of me 
My driver tells me it was a brake lock up, terribly sorry about that, glad to see you survived the crash and recovered well though.
@Der_Bayer iām curious whether the safety car will be turned off for Green Hell and Spa considering one lap with the safety car is 10% and 6.6% of the race respectively. Having a big crash early in the lap will ruin you even if you do manage to limp back to the pits, even a small one over that length could cost huge amounts of time.
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Yes thatās exactly what I planned. No safety cars on tracks > 8 km.
I found in the āHaynes - Ownersā Workshop Manual - Tiger Tank - Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Iā
that according to Henschel; the Tiger had a fuel consumption of 270l/100 km on roads, 480 off-road.
Soā¦ yikes! How the hell?
So Trollercoasterās car eats as much fuel as a 58 tonne tankā¦ holy balls!
Although to be fair it almost makes as much power as the 23 (yes, TWENTY THREE) litre engine they used
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So he did a great downsizing job.
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WHAT! 23 litres?
In the Tiger tank, yes.
That seems a bit big, even for a tank.
The Meteor engine used by the Brits was 1649 cid, 27 liters.
That is terrific and terrifying.
Well, you need that kind of displacement to lug around 50+ tonnes. Plus, the colossal amount of torque required demands such an engine.
Fun fact, the Germans pioneered semi-automatic transmissions in WW2 tanks, which would later become the basis for sequential transmissions.