Pirelli

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Originally Posted by wedge

... tyre war ...

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Sigh... I miss those days... :mark:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89704

Tyres are going to decide this championship. Not the car, or the engine but how it manages the tyres.

Should be an interesting year.

What is really funny is how Pirelli's tires aren't only softer, with higher wear ratio, but also slower than last years softest Bridgestones!

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Originally Posted by ioan

What is really funny is how Pirelli's tires aren't only softer, with higher wear ratio, but also slower than last years softest Bridgestones!

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I don't think they've learned anything from their previous humiliation in F1.........

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

I don't think they've learned anything from their previous humiliation in F1.........

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That's obvious, as they are proving that they know little about how to make a real competition tire.

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Originally Posted by ioan

That's obvious, as they are proving that they know little about how to make a real competition tire.

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Errrrr...we haven't seen them race yet. Let's wait and see :)

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Originally Posted by ioan

What is really funny is how Pirelli's tires aren't only softer, with higher wear ratio, but also slower than last years softest Bridgestones!

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Why is it funny ?

They have been asked to produce tires that are difficult to deal with .
They did .

We are looking at a season that will start to favour those who treat the tires with care .
There will be strategies that go from two stops to four .

There will be rabbits who pit early , and often , and tortoises that go long , and seek to remain in touch with fewer stops .

You see , my friend , they are not competing . They are making a tire for competition .
It needs to be difficult .
I don't want to see a tire that can last a whole race .

It's not a tire race .
It's a car race .

Tire competition gave us nothing but a hobble for those with the slower tire .
Now , it becomes a car race again , with everyone in the same boat(car) .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Why is it funny ?

They have been asked to produce tires that are difficult to deal with .
They did .

We are looking at a season that will start to favour those who treat the tires with care .
There will be strategies that go from two stops to four .

There will be rabbits who pit early , and often , and tortoises that go long , and seek to remain in touch with fewer stops .

You see , my friend , they are not competing . They are making a tire for competition .
It needs to be difficult .
I don't want to see a tire that can last a whole race .

It's not a tire race .
It's a car race .

Tire competition gave us nothing but a hobble for those with the slower tire .
Now , it becomes a car race again , with everyone in the same boat(car) .

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+1

You cannot slag off the manufacturer for developing a tyre they were asked to.

This tyre is not a reflection on how competitive Pirelli can make a tyre but on how they can produce a tyre to set specifics. This they seem to have accomplished.

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Originally Posted by skc

developing a tyre they were asked to.

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That, in my book, is the perfect smokescreen from which Pirelli will conveniently hide behind. As their previous attempt to conquer F1 showed, their tyres are too soft and too fragile.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

It's not a tire race .

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If fear it will be; who's tyre goes bang first.

What Pirelli ought to have done is thus;

Construct a tyre that can last the entire race, but the performance of which tails off with every lap - but not a tyre that throws up marbles, or degrades and blisters because it is too soft.

Then, you get the tyre sympathisers who can make a longer stint work, and the racers who can live with the extra stop.

Not this lame excuse of "well, the tyres may be falling apart round our ears, but that's what we were told to do' nonsense.