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Michelin also were pushing for a return for a tyre war. They prefer competition
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came across this pic on reddit the other day of the 2005 Indy grid.
for me its not an issue of one supplier getting it wrong (FOM should have a found a compromise to let everyone run that day). my problem with a tire war, and what i think this picture truly reflects, is the gap between the teams who used the same supplier....particularly among those teams which share the same rubber as Ferrari. flash forward 13 years, and we have a greater division between a works team and it's customers plus a significantly wider margin between their budgets. in all likelihood these new 'slave' teams will use the same supplier as their works benefactor team. so if we get a tire war, i fear it will just just increase the margin between the have and have not teams. |
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Don't forget, chilli, that back then the tyres produced by Bridgestone were constructed specifically for the Ferraris, and tested endlessly by them at Fiorano, without any regard for other user despite how close their relationship with the Scuderia.
In fact, back then, Ferrari got their tyres for nothing (and may have even received sponsorship from Bridgestone) whilst other users had to buy them from the company! |
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That was very very sad, I was embarrassed for Formula1 in front of American fans...
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And that was also the season to of no tyre changes and a limited set of tyres per weekend
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Avons for everybody! Development smelopment. It's a slick tyre, it works; there a full range of 13" (or Champcar 15" or 1970's 16") diameter slicks available; including the classic 16.2/26.0-13 rears as modelled by the lovely Ferrari 643 (my favourites!)... Why make the decision so complicated!?
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Clearly Ferrari were up to tricks back then as well, putting things in the airbox to distract from other parts of the car...
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Not very nice
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FIA announce a few rule tweaks, including grid penalties.
http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/140541 |
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I like the new grid penalty, means they will now have something to fight for and stops teams trying to gain an advantage by being the first to replace a part
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right! and with the spoils going to those who can afford the most computing power, hire the most staff, those who can investigate more development paths before settling on the best solution.
at risk of being a broken record on this but havent we been down this road before? access to money should not be the defining characteristic of any sport imo. |
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But look how much money they're saving with the testing ban!
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I have mixed feelings about this. I haven't looked, but I assume the CFD computing limits were set quite a long time ago (when measured in computer technology years). I can imagine that the prior limits may be absurdly low today. They may have just felt that raw compute power is cheap enough that it shouldn't be something high on the list of limiting. Especially if it is billed as a cost saving device.
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It's also down to how good the initial CAD model of the car is, which is the starting point for a CFD simulation.
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