[Wayne Maybury]

Don, glad to hear that the spoilres are moving ahead.

Ron, I believe the no-fueling rule has to do with safety. F1 had quite a few fueling problems the past couple of years resulting in fuel spills and some fires. They increased the size of the fuel tanks from 80 litres to 250 litres this year.

They must use 2 different tires during the race so every car must pit at least once. The best teams were changing 4 tires in 2.8 seconds. The interesting thing was to watch lap times that were affected by tires wearing out versus a lighter fuel load as it was being used up. The best lap times were turned later in the race when the cars came out of the pits with new tires while not having all that much fuel left on board.

Wayne