Yes you are allowed to start with enough fuel to complete the race and won't receive any penalties.
However, in my opinion assuming a 50% race distance, if you're in an active league you're unlikely to win. You'll almost certainly need to be running hard tyres so won't qualify very well and your cars will be very heavy in the early part of the race. The time you'll lose with a heavy car starting towards the back of the field will be more than a pit stop.
Thanks for the tip Kevin, but I'm going for a punt on the 'Comeback' achievement (win after qualifying in bottom half).
Last race both my cars won by 44 seconds (inactive league for live play), so can afford to give it a shot.
My plan is qualify on hard (should hopefully be last due to tyres), and with adding plenty of extra fuel, and a high push level throughout, I can still come out ahead.
That's the hope! :-)
It is generally accepted that the cars qualify on minimum fuel regardless of your first stint fuel load. So the number of stints will have no bearing on your qualifying position, only the tyres you choose for stint 1 will affect qualifying. This means you'd be better off doing 2 stints on hards.
But it sounds like you have nothing to lose so give it a go. I'd be interested to know how the race pans out so please update this thread after the race.
Good luck.
Good thought! Might try two strategies for the two drivers:
- Hard all the way - 0 stops
- Hard / Soft (Hard for 14 laps - Soft for 8 laps [Max laps for 80% use])
Bah, failed at the first hurdle.
Just seen qualifying results ready for the race and it appears no-one else even bothered setting their car up, so have still qualified top even on Hards :-(
Still planning on seeing how the two strategies compare mind for interest :)
The guy on H/S strategy stayed in front.
The guy on H dropped down to 6th after a couple of laps, then stabilised, and back into 2nd after everyone pitted.
H/S won by just under 42 seconds!
(For info, H only had a buffer of 35 or so seconds to 3rd place).
Thanks for reporting back Steven.
It's as I surmised, two stints are normally faster than one stint because the one stint car is too heavy with a full fuel load.
