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Brief in the sense that for most of the history of F1, refueling has not been allowed.
by exDM69 13y ago
Brief in the sense that for most of the history of F1, refueling has not been allowed.
- jackgavigan 13y agoThat'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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_German_Grand_Prix [2]: http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/refueling.html http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/refueling.html
- masklinn 13y agoRefueling 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 - ?)
- bronson 13y agoSounds 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.