Fuel saving is a strategic lever across most motorsport series, though how it's done and why it matters varies quite a bit.Why fuel saving mattersRaces have a fixed fuel allocation (a tank limit, per-race fuel cap, or fuel-flow regulation), and running out before the finish means retirement or a forced...

After discussing why teams will resort to fuel saving in the last column, the natural follow-up question is, how do teams go about doing this? While there are many strategic reasons that teams will turn to fuel saving during a race, in every scenario teams will try to save fuel...