Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
thats not difficult for them when there is no competition and everybody uses the same tyre.
The difficult is to create a competetive tyre when there are more than one tyre suppliers.
And as we saw this year thats not a problem for Pirelli ,even if they were absent at wrc/erc as they were focused at f1 circus.
Pirelli we have to mention that is about 4 times smaller company from Michelin(according to sales 26 bn vs 7,5 bn )
Not bad..
That's exactly were Pirelli proved they're behind. Their tyre is fast I admit but only on a limited distance. This was clear on every rally, beginning of loops Kubica was fast but towards the end he lost time almost always. Or had punctures or had massive tyre wear. Same thing with all wrc cars on Pirellis. This was openly admitted from as well Kubica as Prokop. Also Nasser confirmed he made a mistake when changing to pirellis for one rally based on a short test. In Poland Michelin brought a specific tyre for wrc2 and were again setting the pace. So still some catching up to do in my opinion but it's good that there's competition even there!