05-22-2020, 09:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-22-2020, 10:58 AM by Virgilio Bomfim.)
Hi Roger
I've been at a few races, even won one at the Asia series due to pit stop strategy.
Important things to consider:
Pit stops with tyre change take 40+ seconds.
For refueling it takes around .2 seconds a liter
Fuel rate is 150% on all tracks but Nordschleife
Tyre rate is 170% always
Also the Merc has 15% restrictor and 5kg ballast. I think the other cars don't have any.
Mercedes 190e Evo II @ Virginia International Raceway
Total 135L
Strategy:
First stint of 20 laps. fuel 85L, medium tyres (stop around 40' into the race)
Second stint 10 laps, fuel 50L, soft tyres
Although I was running heavier than everyone else, most people on the front had Hard tyres, so I could keep up with them. I was afraid they were running on full fuel tanks and would do splash and go pit stops without tyre change, but thankfully that was not the case!
At 30' most people went into the pits. Now I had to watch their times and see if I could keep running those old tyres for 10 more minutes without losing too much time, keeping that gap for a safe pit stop without being overtaken. That is 5 laps. But the guys started catching up and the car was starting to get really undriveable. So I decided to pit one lap earlier than planned.
Then of course I had to fuck up and I overshoot the stop at the pits, had to reverse into the right spot. One guy overtook me during my stop, but in the end I was way faster with the fresh softs while most people had used mediums or hards and I could win.
Here's the video of this race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLaZHV8kdOY
Hope to see you on the tracks soon!
I've been at a few races, even won one at the Asia series due to pit stop strategy.
Important things to consider:
Pit stops with tyre change take 40+ seconds.
For refueling it takes around .2 seconds a liter
Fuel rate is 150% on all tracks but Nordschleife
Tyre rate is 170% always
Also the Merc has 15% restrictor and 5kg ballast. I think the other cars don't have any.
Mercedes 190e Evo II @ Virginia International Raceway
Total 135L
Strategy:
First stint of 20 laps. fuel 85L, medium tyres (stop around 40' into the race)
Second stint 10 laps, fuel 50L, soft tyres
Although I was running heavier than everyone else, most people on the front had Hard tyres, so I could keep up with them. I was afraid they were running on full fuel tanks and would do splash and go pit stops without tyre change, but thankfully that was not the case!
At 30' most people went into the pits. Now I had to watch their times and see if I could keep running those old tyres for 10 more minutes without losing too much time, keeping that gap for a safe pit stop without being overtaken. That is 5 laps. But the guys started catching up and the car was starting to get really undriveable. So I decided to pit one lap earlier than planned.
Then of course I had to fuck up and I overshoot the stop at the pits, had to reverse into the right spot. One guy overtook me during my stop, but in the end I was way faster with the fresh softs while most people had used mediums or hards and I could win.
Here's the video of this race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLaZHV8kdOY
Hope to see you on the tracks soon!