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Originally Posted by mikestow
No one seems to remember or even realise that Ferrari ,during the Schumacher ascendance ran most ,if not all the Bridgestone Tyre Testing,often on its own Track.Result hardly surprising that the Ferrari was better set up on the current Bridgestones than any other Team.The rest of the Grid had to cope with what Bridgestone gave them,with their own setting up after the fact that Ferrari was already ahead of the game!?
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But that has occurred in other racing series as well. Michelin has had teams complain the GT tires were developed for X car, as they were testing with that chassis. A few years ago Porsche has by far the best success with the rain tires over everyone else in the GT field, course the rear engine helps in the rain too. Last season Conti used WTR to test the DPi tires and they were head and shoulders above everyone else for half the season. It's tough to make a tire across chassis that work in slightly differing ways when testing with 1 or 2 cars.
As much as I will be called a terrible human for this opinion, I think some of what keeps me watching Indy on road/street courses is the required mechanical grip levels. So many of the hard or square corners requiring hard long braking and gives drivers those chances to attack and be brave. And yes, the time-limited push-2-pass with the ability to use in defense and offense helps as well. Not a fan of the DRS style, without the ability of the leading car to do the same in response, but a X timed over-boost allows drivers to use it at their discretion and if they run out being aggressive early, well he who saves gets the last laugh.