What can F1 Driver do to “push” when the team told them to do so during a race?

Question

I am currently watching the newest season of F1 documentary on Netflix and I noticed that teams keep telling their drivers to “push”.

So, what can the drivers do to actually “push”?

In: Other

Answer 1

They basically pick up the pace as much as they can. They aren’t always pushing 100% as pushing too hard will cook the tires and make them wear too quickly or they’ll use too much fuel. So they can push the car a little harder to gain time/create a gap from the cars behind when needed.