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Originally Posted by Articus
On another note now that fuel flow is being limited to control HP what size fuel tanks are the teams able to use? If they equalize the fuel tank size then it is still advantage diesel right? And if they don't equalize the fuel tanks then it is still advantage diesel right? Because now the diesel won't have to carry the extra fuel weight. So the diesels are either lighter than the petrols or they can go further on a tank of fuel. Is that what will happen?
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The last draft version of the 2014 tech regs I saw had
Petrol: 65.6L
Diesel: 54.3L
These capacities are regardless of allowed fuel flow rate, which is in turn a function of how powerful a hybrid system the car has. More hybrid power = less fuel flow rate.