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Originally Posted by Artur
Are GT Open and Blancpain cars equal? The latter uses rubbish tires(Pirellis) and the formers uses Michelin's customers(much inferior to confidential's), is the difference all due to that?
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I have my doubts it's all down to that. It is true that Pirelli's race tires aren't up to the same level as Michelin, but Pirelli also gets an unfairly bad rap due to their FIA-mandated performance degradation causing numerous headaches in F1. They DO make more than decent tires when a series' management isn't lording over them demanding their tires wear down more over a stint.
So, yeah, I'm sure SOME of the difference is down to the tires, but I seriously doubt it's the entirety of it. How much is down to the tires? I really can't say for sure, but I personally would be surprised if it accounted for more than 50% of the difference.