I thought we were trying to lower costs. Having more tire compounds raises costs. They way to cheapen up the series is to have Bridgestone bring a single, control tire.
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I thought we were trying to lower costs. Having more tire compounds raises costs. They way to cheapen up the series is to have Bridgestone bring a single, control tire.
Bridgestone could still bring 2 types as they do now, but each team could decide which one to run without the artificial mandate of running both types.Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
The current 2-tire type rule was one of Max's ideas copied from IRL. It's not used by any real racing series. Look at LMS and ALMS where a car will often have two (or more) types of tires on it at any given time.
I would give more freedom for strategy - fuel stops are optional, tire stops are optional, KERS is optional and unlimited (if a team wants more KERS power, they will deal with the added weight.) Switch to E85, pump quality fuel to make the series greener and limit power.
I personally would like to see the following for tires:
*Bridgestone brings 2 compounds to each race - but back to 2008 only a single step apart.
*Each team is allocated 5 sets of EACH COMPOUND, so 10 sets in total. After Friday, they give up 4 sets of any compound. After Saturday they give up another 2 sets. (I believe this system is similar to how it is now). This leaves them with 4 sets left for race day. At any time, they can chose which compound to use. So they may decide to save 3 sets of new 'hard' tires for the race, use 3 new sets of 'soft' for qualifying etc etc. I'm not completely sure on the numbers, but you get the basic idea.
This way tire strategy is still important throughout the weekend, but doesn't become the primary talking point of the race nor 'forcing' teams to find a compromise setup.
I wonder how is that CART, IRL, GP2, Formula Renault, Formula BMW never landed in a Parisian court.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
BTW most of the cars have 4 wheels so we all should go in court?!
Give up Maxie, you lose this time! :D