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The most confusing thing about this whole shambles is everyone (fans and media) acting like this is the first time it's happened, and wasn't a forgone conclusion from the moment Bottas put it on pole.
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If they had just shut up when the likes of Ferrari made the same decision, nobody would be pointing fingers at them, they are liars and this is the problem! |
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Yep, right now that's a given. But TW will be content to take that.
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20+ one car teams....boom problem solved!
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If there were such a thing as the good old days, I wonder if this matter would have been handled in a less obvious and clumsy fashion? If Mercedes had made a pre-race arrangement with Bottas that would have been fine but they clearly didn't and that was the mistake they made and why Mercedes/TW have come in for a lot of criticism. |
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f...hange/3187182/
"I don't think anyone could have foreseen what happened here," said FIA race director Charlie Whiting in Sochi. If this isn't damning evidence with how far up their own ass the F1 rulemakers are I don't know what is. |
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Scrapping grid penalties for component changes would be a good start and deduct constructor points instead. Plainly ridiculous for penalising a driver for having a blown engine in the previous race or needing to change a gearbox - drivers don't break those sort of components these days.
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The new grid penalty system didn’t work obviously. Mind you I don’t think we should concentrate too much on qualifying, we need to improve the racing first
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how is this not entirely foreseeable and/or expected? surely this must just be a badly used/placed quote by the website |
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"This was not predictable." says man in charge of making sure stupid predictable events do not happen.
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I will pile on and say it was predictable. I will also say to be careful of knee-jerk tweaks. Because if they didn't see this coming, they will also not see whatever unintended and unfavorable consequence that will come about due to their "fix".
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What may need improvement is the way the grid is assembled after qualifying. |
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I agree (as most people on here seem to do)
And even though it didn't work ut for Renault, I think that was a smart thing to do. Or maybe even better: go out in Q2 on a set of ultrasoft, not hypersoft, or even soft. Suppose someone has a problem, and one of your cars will be in Q3 and can still avoid the hypersofts. |
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Forget all this nonsense about hypersofts, supersofts , hyper-mega softs and the rest. Nobody is remotely interested in tyres, let alone (retch) 'tyre management- - which means driving slowly.
God knows why Pirelli thinks being associated with a sport where a set of its products is binned after 15minutes use . No reason why we can't dispense with the whole pantomime of tyre strategy and pit stops - just make some tyres which can last for 90minutes. That would impress me a lot more than the present grotesque consumption of tyres - which can amount to 12 tyres in 90 minutes . Great advert for the sport , guys ... |
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Jim Clark won four races in a row on the same set of Dunlops back in 1960s. Shows you can make tyres last longer
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This is just one of the reasons that my interest in F1 has waned in the last few years. It annoys me intensely that the FIA believe that F1 should be at the forefront of demonstrating how "green" the sport can be by imposing fuel saving and PU limits per season, but on the other hand they are quite happy mandating that their chosen tyre supplier has to transport multiple containers around the world, both by road and by sea. One defeats the other. |
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I guess it’s the problem with this one tyre formula, they have no reason to have a tyre that lasts long, they have nothing to compete against
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Do really think that Pirelli can't make tyres last for a whole race, or even for half of one? It is nothing to do with available technology , except in the sense that some idiot in the F1 hierarchy (and God knows there are plenty to choose from ) commissioned Pirelli to make self destructing tyres . Only F1 could be so up its own backside stupid - nearly everyone regards tyre longevity as a key criterion, even the only criterion , in their choice of tyre . So what does poor Pirelli have to do? Make tyres with all the longevity of toilet roll. It would be less absurd to give each team two sets of tyres for the season and say-' look after these guys , it's all you'e getting..' |
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Some of the tyre issues are absolutely F1s fault, but some of it is Pirelli. F1 may ask for a tyre with a high wear rate, but they don't ask for inconsistent tyres with a high failure rate. The inconsistencies in the tyre are something Blancpain and PWC struggle with as well. |
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I think that the blame for that can also be laid at the feet of the FIA, because it is they who forbid proper tyre testing. Pirelli can only do so much working blind. |
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