Pirelli defend tyres after Schumacher blast

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No complaints from me.

Nice to see a natural order of the best teams and drivers going toe to toe.

Today was very clearly far different from most races this year.

Monaco and Montreal are low degradation tracks so teams will try to eke out a one stopper if they can.

[SGWilko]

So what was different?
1) Pirelli brought completely different tyres to Canada
2) Same tyres as before but the teams & drivers are learning how to manage them better
3) Something else

You forgot option 4 - they were square this time out!

[ArrowsFA1]

You forgot option 4 - they were square this time out!

Ahhh, sorry 'bout that. Clearly I'm far too wrapped up in this "teenage love affair" I'm apparently having with these tyres to think straight

[Tazio]

5)
The championship, both of them, with the exception of the bottom three teams I believe is now statistically closer.

[F1boat]

Better than Monaco, I am more relaxed now.

[SGWilko]

Better than Monaco, I am more relaxed now.

Good - don't follow through now though!

[Knock-on]

Well Garry my old son, anyone that watched Lewis going hell for leather on Sunday and wringing the neck out of the Mac and the tyres must admit it was superb racing otherwise they're not a real Motorsport fans

Just goes to show that if you don't try and use them outside their parameters then they work fine. If you want to run them on long stints then you need to look after them but if you want balls out then you need more stops.

Simples

[Garry Walker]

So what was different?
1) Pirelli brought completely different tyres to Canada
2) Same tyres as before but the teams & drivers are learning how to manage them better
3) Something else

1) We don't know if the have changed the construction or the compound of the tyre. They probably haven't.
2) Considering people were doing 50 laps on those tyres and they lasted and there have been races where 9-10 laps on one set is a good result, then there is simply no way the teams have learnt to use the tyres so much better.
In all likelihood this was because of Montreal being very easy on tyres.

Ahhh, sorry 'bout that. Clearly I'm far too wrapped up in this "teenage love affair" I'm apparently having with these tyres to think straight

Yeah, don't worry, soon you will have your entertaining races with tyres lasting 8 laps and all those wonderful DRS passes to drool over like a 13 year old girl drools over justin bieber.

Well Garry my old son, anyone that watched Lewis going hell for leather on Sunday and wringing the neck out of the Mac and the tyres must admit it was superb racing otherwise they're not a real Motorsport fans

Just goes to show that if you don't try and use them outside their parameters then they work fine. If you want to run them on long stints then you need to look after them but if you want balls out then you need more stops.

Simples

But was he pushing all out all the time?

[ArrowsFA1]

Yeah, don't worry, soon you will have your entertaining races with tyres lasting 8 laps and all those wonderful DRS passes to drool over like a 13 year old girl drools over justin bieber.

Now you've gone and spoilt it by mentioning DRS

<Walks off and stamps foot like a petulant teenager would>

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It used to be suggested that Montreal was particularly hard on tyres because of the long straights, heavy breaking zones, and winding first sector. Obviously that viewpoint can change if a different tyre supplier comes into the sport no doubt.

It's exit acceleration that is of more concern but long straights and heavy braking zones are meaningless. Monza has long straights and heavy breaking zones and the tyre deg is low.

But was he pushing all out all the time?

Judging by radio excerpts and consistent lap times, yes.