Putting the wrong fuel in your car’s fuel tank is always a massive headache. If you drive a modern car, there’s less chance to fill up diesel instead of gasoline or vice versa — simply because the wrong nozzle won’t fit in the hole. Even so, the gas station could get things wrong, but that’s a very rare case. If you drive an older car, however, you should be more careful as there’s nothing that stops you from filling the wrong fuel. And as you probably know, the McLaren F1 GTR is a relatively old car.
The first example of the race car was built in 1995, which was years before some manufacturers started installing misfuelling prevention devices. As you could imagine, with the F1 GTR’s large fuel aperture, it’s really not that difficult to fill up a tank of diesel instead of the good old gasoline. And that’s exactly what amateur racing driver Francois Perrodo did recently. Ouch!
Putting the wrong fuel in your car’s fuel tank is always a massive headache. If you drive a modern car, there’s less chance to fill up diesel instead of gasoline or vice versa — simply because the wrong nozzle won’t fit in the hole. Even so, the gas station could get things wrong, but that’s a very rare case. If you drive an older car, however, you should be more careful as there’s nothing that stops you from filling the wrong fuel. And as you probably know, the McLaren F1 GTR is a relatively old car.
The first example of the race car was built in 1995, which was years before some manufacturers started installing misfuelling prevention devices. As you could imagine, with the F1 GTR’s large fuel aperture, it’s really not that difficult to fill up a tank of diesel instead of the good old gasoline. And that’s exactly what amateur racing driver Francois Perrodo did recently. Ouch!
The article from Motor1 goes more in depth
