So it's the tires fault that the driver flat spotted it?Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I bet if any applied the same braking to a current Pirelli F1 tire the tire would blast right then and there.
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So it's the tires fault that the driver flat spotted it?Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I bet if any applied the same braking to a current Pirelli F1 tire the tire would blast right then and there.
Don't try to duck it, the tire didn't fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
And then people on here would decide that this is what the FIA asked of Pirelli :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Ahhh, the rubbish B side to ioans scratched A side. If you hate Pirelli because of some perceived injustice in sodding WRC then take it over there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Discussing how crap Pirelli are in a series where they're not competing is kind of silly non?Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1
Not trying to do any such thing old friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
As I see it, it was indeed Kimi's suspension that let go. It let go because of massive vibrations in a tyre. A tyre that had already completed qualifying and 99% of a race distance.
If I recall the rules correctly from 2005, if Kimi had changed his tyre, the FIA -after the race - would have decided if he had any justification to do so. If they believed he didn't he would have been disqualified.
Rock/hard place.
That situation arose because of the rules that year (as did the US debacle), so IMO, the Pirelli situation, where they were given a brief for a minimum of two stops as early as august last year, is much the same.
You can't 'blame' them for giving us (the majority anyway) what we want.
And what then is slagging them off for providing a tyre that they are contrcted to just because you dislike them for a tyre they supplied for a Rally series?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
You have absolutely no proof of this notion that they are contracted to provide hards which only last as long as softs and are 1s /km slower. If the tyres got off the rims at the end of the race and started to dance the can can, you people would say that it's because the FIA asked Pirelli to make them do that. It's a rather lame argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1
i never said that Pirelli were contracted to make the hards last as long as the softs but merely speculated that it could be to mix the racing up a bit. I don't have a clue what the specifics of the Tender are and don't really care. It's making a exciting season and that's good enough for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Pirelli can obviously make a tyre to last a whole race if they want but for this season, they are producing a tyre to particular parameters as defined by the FIA. Nether the FIA or Drivers seem too upset now although I think there is room for improvement.
Proof? Oh wait, that's right! You don't have any!Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1