Def the danger of laying it out like this is teleological thinking whereas the actual ruleset is one of more evolutionary style response to different pressures (usually financial). I just thought it would be helpful to know when certain things came in.
and that when fernando started he could basically do whatever. He could have hopped in his spare car right at the formation lap on his 17th set of custom tires and demanded team orders before a botched refueling put him back in P24. while being sponsored by a tobacco company whose logo was emblazoned on the grid girls.
full text below the cut.
2003 Parc Ferme
Before parc ferme, teams could use a different car for qualifying than for the race, so they could set them up entirely differently
2004 Single engine per weekend
New requirement to use the same engine all weekend, instead of a fresh one for the race after qualifying. This also limited the use of a spare car since it would have a different engine.
2006 Limits on number of tires allowed
14 sets of tires per weekend
2010 No refueling
The time of pit stops dropped dramatically as cars no longer needed to refuel. Additionally, this meant cars started heavier at the beginning of the race and got lighter, meaning that drivers needed to manage the handling of the car as low fuel cars move more nimbly. Failing to adjust might mean that a fine move in lap 7 sends the car into the barrier on lap 50. . Heavier weight also put more strain on the tires in the first laps.
2011 Pirelli tires for all
Without refueling, strategy became more static. The goal of Pirelli was to create tires that degraded fast to force pit stops and so overtaking opportunities. Tires have the biggest impact on car performance, even above engine, so having everyone on the same ones also forces the drivers to adapt to those tires
2011 Ban on Team Orders Rescinded
Between 2002-2010 it was forbidden to instruct a driver to move over for a teammate.
2014 Hybrid V6 engine introduced
All drivers must now manage battery in addition to tires, including recharging and clipping
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