Why the fuel nozzel had fire on it at Hungary???

The 2008 Hungarian GP at Hungaroring-Budapest was an really hot race with soaring temprature's and which was agreed up on by the drivers,pitcrew,the visitors....and everyone present there...people also agreed that the fire in the pits especially seen during the pitstop of STR of sebastien bourdais,Williams of Kazuki Nakagima to name a few had fire in the fuel nozzle. The reason probably given by the teams were -'The reason for the fire was the volatile nature of the fuel and th high temprature at Hungary. But the inside story is diffrent.
The Inside Story-
The real reason is that as we all know losing position at the Hungarian GP(Hungaroring) is like never getting it back and vice-versa....The teams didnt wanted to lose any position of theirs due to pit-stops and/or wanted to gain a few due to the pit-stops too.
The way of guzzing the fuel into an f-1 car is-

thefuel to be inserted into the fuel tank is set beforehand,consider 5L....but due to the mechanical constraints the fuel comming out of the nozzel is usually a bit more than the set amount...as the fuel comes out really at a high rate of speed its difficult for the fuel delivery system to deliver exact quantity of fuel especially due to its liquid nature.
According to the right way of putting fuel in the car the refueller must not take the nozzel out until the fuel which is comming out is completely out of the guzzler but to save valuabe seconds the teams decided that they would remove the guzzler before all the fuel is put into the car......maybe they have been doing this for quite a few races but their trick backfired due to the high tempratures at Hungary!!

2008 ING Hungarian GP-Hungaroring-Budapest-Race-Results

1	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	70	Winner	2	10
2	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	70	+11.0 secs	5	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	70	+16.8 secs	6	6
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	70	+21.6 secs	7	5
5	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+23.0 secs	1	4
6	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	70	+32.2 secs	10	3
7	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	70	+36.4 secs	9	2
8	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	70	+48.3 secs	4	1
9	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	+58.8 secs	8
10	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	70	+67.7 secs	15
11	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	70	+70.4 secs	13
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	69	+1 Lap	12
13	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69	+1 Lap	16
14	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	69	+1 Lap	14
15	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	18
16	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	68	+2 Laps	17
17	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+3 Laps	3
18	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	67	+3 Laps	19
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	62	+8 Laps	20
Ret	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	22	+48 Laps	11

2008 ING Hungarian GP-Hungaroring-Budapest-Qualifying Session Results

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.376	1:19.473	1:20.899	12
2	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.945	1:19.480	1:21.140	16
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:19.578	1:19.068	1:21.191	16
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:20.053	1:19.776	1:21.281	19
5	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:19.980	1:19.246	1:21.326	24
6	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.006	1:19.546	1:21.516	19
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.229	1:19.816	1:21.698	15
8	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.073	1:20.046	1:21.732	18
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:19.942	1:19.486	1:21.767	20
10	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:20.583	1:20.131	1:22.371	19
11	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:20.157	1:20.144		17
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:20.888	1:20.332		15
13	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.505	1:20.502		16
14	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:20.640	1:20.963		16
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:20.748			10
16	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.045			7
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:21.085			9
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:21.332			8
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:21.670			9
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.113			10

Sun 03 August 2008
Race 14:00(Timing at Race Venue-HUNGARORING-HUNGARY-BUDAPEST)
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Friday-2nd Practise session timings-Hungaroring-Budapest-ING Hungarian GP 2008

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.554		35
2	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:20.748	0.194	38
3	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.760	0.206	33
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.928	0.374	35
5	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:21.009	0.455	36
6	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:21.010	0.456	36
7	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.138	0.584	46
8	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:21.363	0.809	36
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:21.505	0.951	42
10	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:21.581	1.027	34
11	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:21.662	1.108	39
12	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:21.733	1.179	43
13	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:21.837	1.283	34
14	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:21.902	1.348	33
15	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:21.955	1.401	41
16	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:22.150	1.596	41
17	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.197	1.643	36
18	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.358	1.804	37
19	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:22.448	1.894	33
20	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:22.945	2.391	5

Friday-1st Practise session timings-Hungaroring-Budapest-ING Hungarian GP 2008

1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:20.981		19
2	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:21.345	0.364	21
3	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.410	0.429	17
4	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.535	0.554	18
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:21.802	0.821	18
6	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:21.931	0.950	22
7	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:22.267	1.286	18
8	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:22.326	1.345	19
9	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:22.370	1.389	22
10	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:22.457	1.476	25
11	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:22.654	1.673	23
12	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:22.700	1.719	16
13	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:22.900	1.919	26
14	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:22.917	1.936	27
15	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:23.093	2.112	26
16	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:23.147	2.166	21
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:23.274	2.293	22
18	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:23.353	2.372	25
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:23.459	2.478	28
20	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:23.923	2.942	4

Force India's Seamless shift Gear-box-seems need more mileage

Force India have confirmed they will not race their seamless shift gearbox at the Hungarian Grand Prix, although the team will run it on Friday.

The team tested the new gearbox at Jerez last week, and technical chief Mike Gascoyne said it received positive feedback from the drivers.

Gascoyne feels, however, that the gearbox needs more mileage before it's raced, and the team are aiming to have it ready for the European Grand Prix in Valencia.

"We had a very successful introduction of the seamless shift gearbox at the test last week in Jerez, with very positive comments from the drivers, and obviously we would like to introduce it as soon as possible," said Gascoyne.

"We do however need to accrue more mileage before racing it, but we will run it on the Friday in Hungary. As both gearboxes are three races into their four race cycle, we will use it on the Friday, but we'll race the standard box with the view to introducing the seamless version in Valencia.

"This solution is therefore a chance to gain more mileage without incurring the penalties of changing a box with one race left, and to make sure we are fully prepared for a race introduction after the summer break."

Gascoyne admitted he is hopeful the team can have a stronger outing this weekend in Hungary, following their promising showing at the Monaco Grand Prix.

"We have struggled in qualifying compared to our race pace, and Hungary is a place where overtaking is very difficult so qualifying is even more important than usual," he said.

"But let's not forget that we had a very competitive outing in Monaco, which is very similar in set-up to Hungary with maximum downforce and few overtaking opportunities, so we have to look to do this again; have a good strategy and take advantage whenever we can."

Formula 1- Indian Grand Prix-Set for 2010

The inaugral Indian Grand Prix is due to be held in the year 2010 if Force India F-1 teams's Boss Dr.Vijay Mallya is to be belived. The Indian billionaire, who is also head of the Indian national motor sporting federation, said recently that organisers have obtained land, set aside race fees, and will build a circuit outside the capital city Delhi. It is understood Mallya is not directly involved, but he explained to F1 reporters at Hockenheim last week that the CEO of one of India's biggest banks is backing the project. Construction of the track will begin in early October, Mallya said. "For the first time, now I think I feel very confident to be able to say to you that there will be a brand new track and that we will have our first Grand Prix in 2010,"he said last Friday. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton
was in the Indian city Mumbai this week and
he also backed the plans for a Grand Prix in the country. India is certainly going to have an impact on Formula One in the next couple of years, the McLaren driver said.I believe the Indian market is enormous and if F1 can tap it, then it will benefit F1 as well as India in the long run, the Briton added.
Source: GMM