http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68673
So, the FIA cannot police it. Anyone ever hear of TPMS on road cars.....
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68673
So, the FIA cannot police it. Anyone ever hear of TPMS on road cars.....
There was no need for a ban anyway. Stupid legislation that wasn't required in the first place.
If they want warmers, let them have them
The comment that lap times were too adversley affected by the lack of pre warming the tyres............WTF!!!! That was the whole point, to introduce more passing, and the skill of the driver who coped best on cold tyres like Juan Pablo in the CART days of his career, cold tyres is what won him the champonship because he could drive on them. Considering this F1 is menat to be the pinnacle of motorsport, the rules seem to be there to baby sit them.
Sorry I think allowing tyre warmers is a mistake. Make the drivers work harder controlling there cars. Drivers concerned over crashing?????? Thats why you slow down, if you have no confidence. It owuld have rewarded the brave.
The tyre warmer should be the driver, not a blanket, IMHO.
I have no problem with warmers if the teams want to use them. The FIA said they should be banned for cost saving reasons but teams can still use them in testing so they would buy them anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
The tyre pressure issue is just stupid. Teams should run the tyres at whatever pressure they deem best. If it's too low, they will not finish. Simple.
Personally, I think that there will be a marked increase in 1st corner incidents which doesn't make sense to me so I say let them use warmers.
Drivers get a warm up lap. If that isn't good enough for them, then they will make a bad start. At the end of the day the track in Canada was not ideal, but every driver had to deal with it, so it was fair.
Clearly Ferrari have fore seen a disadvantage for themselves and the fia has changed the rules to suit. (that last line is for Ioan)
Maybe someone will invent a self inflating tyre valve that will inflate the tyre to the required pressure. I think I'll get out my pencil and paper and go into inventive mode. ;)
As much as I agree the safety aspect is a bit worrying. A drivers job is to drive on the limit but an under-inflated tyre and insufficiently heated can be a dangerous mixture.Quote:
Originally Posted by MAX_THRUST
Look at the 2006 Australian GP. Schumi was couldn't get his tyres up to temperature, pushed too hard and understeered off into the the wall on the front stretch (much to the chagrin of JYS :rolleyes :)
I don't think the issue is with monitoring tyre pressure. In fact they already do. The issue is more preventing the tyre dropping below the minimum safe level.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Actually, I think the issue is Bridgestone want to ensure teams don't operate under the specified limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by JSH