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Great idea, but like said above never get to F1!
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One thing for sure Martyn:
“...what the drivers say about that is absolutely not important…” |
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i think DC and webber have a point there tbh.at the end of the race when everything has settlesd down, and drivers are backing off to preserve there engines etc, they will just bolt on the slower set for he last stint.
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i dont really know where DC is coming from here. i remember last year he was involved in a few last stint battles involving other mid pack teams. i imagine he would have loved a set of "fast" tires when Nico chased him down in Bahrain.
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The drivers will still have to set their cars up to run well on both specs of tyre.
It's no good being a second a lap faster than everyone else on the soft tyre if you're 3 seconds a lap slower than the rest on the hard tyre.Friday practice should be quite busy I think. |
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Chillibowl, I think "where DC is coming from" is, excepting only in extraordinary situations, who among them is not going to want the quickest tyres on their car for the start of a race?
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27 Jan 2007, 16:58 (Ref:1827244) | #85 | ||
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Then, interesting to see tyres if we have late-race SC like in Montreal last year. The drivers are queued and there might be different tyre strategies.
Well, surely there is one "optimum" strategy but if you qualify badly then it might be clever to try something different. |
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It will be quite interesting watching a car with what will be essentially a "compromised" setup, some cars will no doubt react better than others to this trait.
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If,like Mclaren,you tend to do a long first stint,you may have no option but to go for the harder tyre to begin with.It all depends on how a car uses its tyres.It all depends on strategy,one,two or three stops.We can't assume that all the teams will use the same strategy.A lot depends on the difference between the compounds at each race.
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We also can't assume that the softer tyre will be the faster tyre for a given car. How many times did we see drivers take a harder / softer tyre because it just *worked* better on their car, for that track...?
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The FIA has stated that it intends to have the teams tyre choices for a GP made public before the start of a race,in a similar way to how it's done in MotoGP etc.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56508 |
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so if they have to use both then why to they have to pick one?! im guessing its what compund they will start the race on, that they have to make public? other wise i see it making no sense. does the FIA check all the drivers tyres before the race to check they arent giving us wrong info? |
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so how is the fia going to check that? test them before they come into the pits?! |
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That is just nitpicking. The tyres will all have serial numbers and be easily identifiable (if you've got hold of one).
I still think that it should be kept secret and it be up to us to fathom it out. Although I'm not against it being known for certain after the event. Let teams say or not whatever they want. However letting everyone know the initial compound is OK too. |
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Sam Michael of Williams seems to think that the new regs will spice up the races,despite what others may think.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56589 |
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I think it's a silly idea. Another attempt to artificially mess round with the racing.
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