Pirelli

Daniel seems to have an unreasonable hate on for Pirelli.
I do not think he will ever accept they can make a good tire even when they produce exactly what the FIA ask them to.
I can't think of a racing tire Co. that has come up with a flop at some or other.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I can't think of a racing tire Co. that has come up with a flop at some or other.

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Michellin USGP 2005. What a c@ck up!

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

Daniel seems to have an unreasonable hate on for Pirelli.
I do not think he will ever accept they can make a good tire even when they produce exactly what the FIA ask them to.
I can't think of a racing tire Co. that has come up with a flop at some or other.

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We will see. I would be VERY surprised if Pirelli's tyres are anywhere near as good as Bridgestone's........

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Originally Posted by Daniel

We will see. I would be VERY surprised if Pirelli's tyres are anywhere near as good as Bridgestone's........

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Daniel, just a curiousity...did you had an off with your 500 wearing some Pirelli tyres since you hate them so much ? :p :

And I fouled up my post. It should have read that hasn't had a foul up at some time.
Me bad.

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Originally Posted by mstillhere

So far several pilots of different teams have liked the new tires. Why are you guys saying that Pirelli tires are not that good?

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we are not saying the tyres are bad, rather we suspect that they aren't too good due to the recent announcement from Pirelli.

however, they seemed to put up a good show in abu dhabi last week, so kudos to them and we will see how it goes...

I don't get the argy-bargy here at all .

What's a good tire , kids ?
What kind of compound is right ?

In my opinion , a good tire will be one they can't get to the end of the race with , unless they treat it like they want to . That means slowing down .

One tire , that might inspire a two-stop strategy , would be best .

That's a tire that some will hate , and the clever will take advantage of .

Sadly , Pirelli will take a lot of stick , as they already seem to be doing , but this will be the only way to create the racing we all crave .
A soft tire that will last the race will not do .

It needs to be marginal .

A tire war will only make it worse , or , in reality , too good .

Give them a shatner tire , and let them deal with it .

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Originally Posted by pino

Daniel, just a curiousity...did you had an off with your 500 wearing some Pirelli tyres since you hate them so much ? :p :

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Well funnily enough my 500 wears Bridgestones in the summer (Potenza's in fact!) and Vredestein's in the winter. When the Bridgestones are finished I'm definitely thinking of getting some Pirelli P Zero Nero's so I have nothing against Pirelli as a company.

Pirelli through their history in the WRC have very rarely been superior to Michelin. That's my opinion, I feel it's relevant here and I'm sticking to it ;)

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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

I would much prefer 3 or 4 compounds available throughout the weekend, without a mandatory switch during the race. Stupid rules like that just annoy me.

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Agreed but its logistically and economically pointless.

Here is what James Allen thinks about the new Pirelli's. He is not my favorite journalist but I tend to agree with him on this one:
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...Allen&id=49781