Valtteri Bottas has played down fears grands prix will become little more than fuel-saving affairs in F1’s new ‘green’ era.<\/p>\n
Each driver will be limited to just 100 kilograms of fuel per race in 2014, representing a significant reduction over the unrestricted V8 era.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think you’ll hear much about drivers having to save their tyres this year,” Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told the Daily Mail, “but we might hear a lot about having to save fuel.<\/p>\n
“My concern is that we will lose an element of wheel-to-wheel racing, of man and machine on the limit.<\/p>\n
“Hopefully we won’t see a driver having to wave rivals past because he is saving fuel to get to the chequered flag,” he added.<\/p>\n
Horner said he is worried F1’s desire to be more environmentally relevant may adversely affect the sporting spectacle.<\/p>\n
“It’s a fine line,” he said.\u00a0 “First and foremost, it’s a sport and should be entertainment.\u00a0 Secondary to that should be the technology for the manufacturers.”<\/p>\n
Williams driver Bottas, however, did a full race simulation at the Bahrain test last week and said he did not have to try too hard to conserve fuel.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t have any problem,” he told the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat.<\/p>\n
“I did some practice in the simulator at first and then in Bahrain I was able to do two race distances.<\/p>\n
“The most important thing was to lose as little laptime as possible while ensuring you have the fuel you need for the whole race.<\/p>\n
“I have to say that, at least for Bahrain, it was not really necessary to save fuel at all.\u00a0 I was able to drive quite normally.<\/p>\n
“I think that at most of the races, we will be able to drive like this,” Bottas added.<\/p>\n
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