Pirelli

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Originally Posted by ioan

Right now the tire wear isn't only higher it is extreme.

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Tyre wear was quite extreme in Canada '10 and Australia '09 too. But those were rare occasions. Now Pirelli had to produce tyres, which degrade faster on every circuit, not just on some. I don't think the season is going to be as bad as the testing has suggested (also higher track temperatures during the season play a role). It could be a 2-stop race on some circuits.

As for being slower in laptimes than Bridgestone in '10 - F1 is constantly aiming to reduce speeds. Bridgestone made very hard tyres, which also kept the reducing laptimes under control.

we're yet to see the impact of the Pirelli tyres in race conditions - when theres a direct comparison (i.e. after Australia) we'll have a much better idea.

IMO there should be more than one tyre manufacturer in the sport - clever choices and an element of difference between the cars spices things up a little!

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Originally Posted by CLF66

we're yet to see the impact of the Pirelli tyres in race conditions - when theres a direct comparison (i.e. after Australia) we'll have a much better idea.

IMO there should be more than one tyre manufacturer in the sport - clever choices and an element of difference between the cars spices things up a little!

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Spot on I couldn't agree more.

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Originally Posted by CLF66

IMO there should be more than one tyre manufacturer in the sport - clever choices and an element of difference between the cars spices things up a little!

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Not spot on .
Couldn't agree less .

When we had two manufacturers , you had one group of teams with an advantage not bourne out of thier own doing , but due to the tires only .
To me , that always sucked .

If you had the right skins , you beat your neighbour .

Sorry , Charlie , you'll have to beat him on merit now .
And he'll have to do the same .

I agree.

It will be interesting to se the fight between Jenson and Lewis now.

There:

http://pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_n...s_art_id=43040

mmm... rubber cake ! :facelick: :p

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

mmm... rubber cake ! :facelick: :p

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What a sorry state those tyres really are in. Pirelli to modern day F1 is like Eddy the Eagle to Ski Jumping.... Plucky but as good as useless.

Looks like they went a bit far on the degradation issue. This is why we have testing, to get these things right. Blaming it on Pirelli is missing the issue entirely.

Fundamental irony #1 :
Ask for a tire that degrades and complain when it does .
More fundamental irony#2 :
Car makes tire degrade , and tire is blamed .
Even more fundamental irony #3 :
It easy to press a bunch of warm rubber from F1 tires together into a fist-sized ball to illustrate the point that they would be dangerous if they were that size . I've pressed a ball together , myself , only it was Bridgestone and Michelin rubber , not Pirelli .
And , it wasn't that big , as I wasn't trying to back up a controversial point in order print lines .