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Yeah. I wouldn't hold your breath. The total pit time is something around 25-30s, and without the benefit of a lighter fuel load by stopping more it won't offer an advantage so no one will bother.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylan H
The only way we'll see a more varied pit stops is if there is a huge difference in the tyres so that you either go for shorts sprints on a super dooper soft or one stops on the hardest.
Actually the refuelling ban has had quite a strong effect. Previously it was not uncommon to have a lighter car having a go at a heavier one. Now, with the ban in effect, the cars all weigh much the same throughout the race taking away another factor that used to promote overtaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Krogshöj
Martin Whitmarsh (on BBC red button) talking about mandating two stops in a race, and making the tyres more marginal.
Martin Brundle and Jacques Villeneuve both talking about the aero, and as long as that doesn't change the amount of overtaking won't change.
I'd prefer a free-for-all regarding tyre strategy.
As in DTM and Aussie V8s mandatory stops can be a joke. Drivers will jump into the pits early and get their stops out of the way.
Prost:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8566042.stm
"If it was my decision," he said, "I would have left the freedom about the tyres - you have one soft, one hard and freedom.
"(It would be) exactly the same - you start the race with the tyres you qualify with but after that freedom. If you want to use only soft tyres, or only hard tyres, (in the race) you do what you want."
I don't understand how people didn't see this coming, I mean it was only about 15 years ago that we last had these endurance races. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: The only way the races are going to be exciting is if Bridgestone does something with the compounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylan H
I have to agree, it did not help at all that Bahrain is not exactly the best circuit when it comes to race action and overtaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
If you watched the F1 Forum afterwards, Martin Whitmarsh was saying that FOTA evaluated the proposal for 2 mandatory pit stops but was thrown out due to some teams objecting to it, but now he said that they may reconsider the proposal and get Bridgestone to develop a more "racier" tyre forcing drivers to make more than 1 stop.
That I think defintiely would help.
Indeed, and as Brisgestone arenot going to go to all that expense in their final year we are screwed. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by DexDexter
I heard Whitmarsh say that and thought it was a crap idea. Mandating things is not the solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
A broader range of compounds and more choice of compounds, a la the 80's, and the ability to cross-match them (for those of you old enough, A compounds on the rear, B on the left and C on the right was a good Alain Prost set-up, if I recall) would make it much more interesting.
Mandatory anything is against the idea of racing and ruins the chances of different strategies.
Bahrain has proved plenty of time that you can overtake, last year (at the start of the season) cars were able to run less than a second apart without too many problems, but now they've all maximised the double diffusers we're back to 1.5 seconds gap. the only way you can now overtake (again) is if your out of position or on vastly different tyres, unless the driver in front makes a mistake or the car breaks.
i don't blame the lack of refuelling, in fact i think that makes it more likely as the cars are much more of a handful and change so much during tha race. until we get rid of Double diffusers (next year thankfully) we won't see much overtaking.
Webber was in a car that was 1 sec + faster than Button for large portions of the race and didn't get a sniff. Hamilton with Rosberg, Alonso on Vettel, Button on Schumacher, just to name a few could run within a seond and half easily but never looked like getting close to a pass - blame the diffusers
Couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello