Pirelli defend tyres after Schumacher blast

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Originally Posted by wedge

I don't like the performance of the stewards nor do I would like to see wings taken off so should I STFU?

It's not acceptable to most and even I have a tolerance but being insulting shows a level passion for the sport.

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Wedge, I mean this post:
"I cannot imagine anyone besides a complete idiot enjoying this fake stuff we see now."
You never were so insulting. Neither, I hope, was I.

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Originally Posted by aryan

Tyre management was a lost art in F1 for decades, and now it's made a comeback. I think both viewers and drivers are having to adjust to this, and some are doing it better than others.

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Let me give you the example of 2006 season:

San Marino GP Schumi held off Alonso for lap after lap in the second stint and yat at the same time also conserved his tyres so he could push after Alonso pitted.

Brazillian GP Schumi gets a puncture and WDC hopes have been compromised. Conserves his tyres for the first half of his long second stint with the help of Massa not lapping him then in the second half of that stint he pushes like crazy.

In that regard this year's Pirelli's are far, far too compromising.

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Originally Posted by henners88

It's something schuey will have to get used to in that case. Times change.

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2006 Hungarian GP Schumi stayed out on inters on a dry track and went backwards. And nor did he moan about Bridgestone's crap tyres for that particular race.

Is it about getting used to a style or racing or a preference. I would argue its the latter.

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Originally Posted by wedge

2006 Hungarian GP Schumi stayed out on inters on a dry track and went backwards. And nor did he moan about Bridgestone's crap tyres for that particular race.

Is it about getting used to a style or racing or a preference. I would argue its the latter.

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I'm not sure a preference matters in this case, though. After all, everyone has to get used to it somehow.

Putting it into perspective; this is of course motor racing and is attended by people that want to be entertained. Just be happy that when your wife goes into labor and is 50% dilated before you head to the hospital that you don't have a set of the super softs on your sedan and the hospital is a 60K drive :laugh:

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Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini

Putting it into perspective; this is of course motor racing and is attended by people that want to be entertained. Just be happy that when your wife goes into labor and is 50% dilated before you head to the hospital that you don't have a set of the super softs on your sedan and the hospital is a 60K drive :laugh:

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To be fair though. If you have a super soft, the chances of your wife being pregnant in the first place ar pretty rare ;)

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Originally Posted by wedge

Let me give you the example of 2006 season:

San Marino GP Schumi held off Alonso for lap after lap in the second stint and yat at the same time also conserved his tyres so he could push after Alonso pitted.

Brazillian GP Schumi gets a puncture and WDC hopes have been compromised. Conserves his tyres for the first half of his long second stint with the help of Massa not lapping him then in the second half of that stint he pushes like crazy.

In that regard this year's Pirelli's are far, far too compromising.

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But is it better to see a much faster driver unable to overtake, as in Imola in 2005 or 2006? I think not :)

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Originally Posted by F1boat

But is it better to see a much faster driver unable to overtake, as in Imola in 2005 or 2006? I think not :)

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It was still exciting and still engrossing and far, far more rewarding than a meaningless DRS-assisted overtake when one blasts by on the outside line.

And yes, there are instances of frustration as in Abu Dhabi 2010 but its namely aerodynamics to blame.

The first step is getting rid of DRS. Way too gimmicky.

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Originally Posted by wedge

It was still exciting and still engrossing and far, far more rewarding than a meaningless DRS-assisted overtake when one blasts by on the outside line.

And yes, there are instances of frustration as in Abu Dhabi 2010 but its namely aerodynamics to blame.

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I guess that it's a matter of taste :) I prefer this year's races :)