Juan-Manuel Fangio was famous for winning at the slowest possible speed. That's not to say he wasn't capable of being the fastest when circumstances demanded it, the 1957 German GP being a prime example.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
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Juan-Manuel Fangio was famous for winning at the slowest possible speed. That's not to say he wasn't capable of being the fastest when circumstances demanded it, the 1957 German GP being a prime example.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
I am sure a rocketship, as you put it, like the F2004 enables a drive to push to the limit lap after lap. The enjoyment must be intense and incredibly satisfying. Drivers like Schumacher and Alonso have all come out and said that they preferred those cars to the ones we have now. They were physically more exerting.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
There were many factors that allowed RBR be so dominant last year and it wasn't down to tyres alone. F1 is hard for a driver now because he can't push his car to the limit which is what any drive wants to be able to do at any time. It's hard in a bad way not in a good way where the driver tests his speed. Now it's just like being the fastest man to gingerly push his car around the track for fear of pushing a little too hard and destroying the tyres. It's like being in a Ferrari road car and sticking to the 100kmph speed limit, whomever stick closest to the 100kmph benchmark for the longest time wins. It's frustrating and this is now what the pinnacle of motorsport is about opposed to being about raw speed, car control and talent.
Kimi is a prime example of this. His losing so many places in a lap in China was ridiculous. It's not fair on a driver to be punished like this after doing such a fine job up until then.
Like I said, it's great for the sunshine supporter, oh yeah this new generation of F1 is great, but I love watching cars being pushed to the limit lap after lap. I don't like seeing a driver being punished for being quicker which is what these tyres do.
Schumi is completely right because f1 raci
ng should be about racing to the cars limit or even over it now its all about driving below the cars limit as you need to spare your tires and thats not good at all as it takes the racing away a little bit
It's strange that the driver whose fans claim can drive around a cars problems and get results from his drive that are above and beyond what it's capable of is the only one really moaning about the tyres. They're the same for everyone and Schumacher is showing that he can't cope. Perhaps his former successes were more due to the superior machinery and unique matched Bridgestones than the driver?
Whatever the reason, you can only judge Schumachers performance against his team mate. For the first time in a long time he is in a straight fight and doesn't have a lap-dog. The results speak for themselves.
I certainly enjoy MS' comeback. It's nice of him to come back and shake off that false super driver aura.
Exactly. Can you imagine what Senna would think of today's rules? He would hate having to nurse a car during the entire race. It's a completely absurd situation for the supposed pinnacle of motorsport. Senna would turn in his grave.Quote:
Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3
I think that was a prime example of team and driver getting it wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Perhaps. Impossible to say. The one thing Senna hated was electronics & computers taking control away from the driver but the current tyres do not do that. They add an element which the driver (and team) has to manage.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Maybe he, as a driver, would welcome the challenge of looking after the tyres, and doing that better than anyone else. It was something he excelled at in the era of 1-lap qualifying tyres.
Did he not do exactly the same though except with fuel management, turning the boost levels up and down depending on whether he needed outright power or wanted to conserve fuel for the duration of the race? How is that different to how drivers have to nurse the tyres these days?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
It's an example of how ridiculously easy it is to get it wrong with these tyres. To lose that much places in one lap because you went longer with your tyres is absurd in any form of motorsport.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
This is not racing and considering what a good job Kimi had done until then he didn't deserve the drop off he got. I'm not even a Kimi fan but I still found that harsh and completely absurd that a tyre should drop off like that.
Come on Knighty baby. The Kimster and his team took a gamble. They tried to eek it out past where they needed to change tyres. The old adage for tyres is to ALWAYS be on the right tyres at the right time. We have seen some classic races where teams have been changing from dry tyres to wets, to inters etc throughout race to ensure they don't lose time by being on the wrong rubber. You get some drivers (Senna and Hamilton spring to mind) that seem to be able to make dry tyres work a la or two more than other drivers in progressivly wet conditions but ultimatly they need to be on the right boots.
Hamiltons' debut season ws a prime example of a team getting it wrong and staying out on worn rubber too long. It cost him the championship!! The Lotus team took a punt and misjudged it.