That's why I find all these rules idiotic. I personally would like to see a rule where each car gets X amount of fuel (adjusted in BTUs) per race. So say you ca

That's why I find all these rules idiotic. I personally would like to see a rule where each car gets X amount of fuel (adjusted in BTUs) per race. So say you can get 100 liters of gas or 85 liters of diesel, because diesel has more BTU/liter. That's all. Leave the rest up to the teams, let them figure out the most efficient way to spend their fuel. You're describing a different racing series, perhaps one that doesn't exist yet. Fuel efficiency isn't the top priority for F1 so they'll only partially optimize for it. Other factors they have to consider: - revenue - exciting races (=> more revenue) - somewhat competitive backmarker teams (=> exciting races => more revenue) - "reasonable costs", so backmarker teams can sort of keep up with the Ferraris, McLarens etc (=> exciting races ...) - possibility of lots of overtaking maneuvers (=> exciting races ... ) - cutting edge tech (of course, but have to keep races exciting) - fuel efficiency (ok, sure, why not?)