99 laps is a waste of fuel. You would be flying 50 laps after the race. It would be better to go for 80 laps and more speed. Then you could get 160 laps with an even two tankfuls.
(Good grief, the errors in the original post! I'm amazed Walt hasn't called me on it! :-) )Quite true, Paul. In order to get 160 laps at 80/tank, you will have to have a Clown running at about
18.8 for 7laps.
Assume 5 seconds lost on first lap,
15 seconds lost for a pit stop (an EXCELLENT pit stop!) leaves
215 seconds for 80 laps
(Oops! Originally said 5 instead of 15.)
7.5 minutes is 450 seconds
450 - 5 - 15 = 430 for the airtime for two tanks
430 / 160 = 2.6875 seconds/lap
18.8125 seconds for 7 laps 18.8 for 80 laps is a TOUGH combination!
The way to get more laps is to go
faster AND further at the same time.
As simple as Clown seems to be, it is a tough event to master.
Except when you only fly in your own imagination!
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PS: The only way to correctly measure the effect of the start and/or a pit stop is to measure the 7-laps from a standing start or 7-laps with a pit stop in the middle, and then subtract a 7-lap time at normal speed. The result is what the start or the pit stop "cost" you. Takes all of the factors (decelleration, actual on-the-ground time, accelleration) into account.