Quote Originally Posted by N4D13 View Post
At this moment I need to retract my previous criticism of Pirelli as the evidence is mounting that the tire failures were caused by debris:

- Horner has come out saying that Verstappen's hard front left tire had "50 little cuts" in it: https://www.motorsportweek.com/2020/...0-little-cuts/

- Albert Fabrega, journalist, claims to have found a piece of metal in the racing line after the race: https://mobile.twitter.com/AlbertFab...60595171115010

Hopefully this will be it and we'll be able to have our next race without tire dramas now.
I have a hard time criticizing Pirelli at all , as they are still creating tires to a spec they were asked for .
Part of the game is changing tires when it is best to do so .

That would generally be before they go pop .

You might get a puncture from debris , which is unlucky , but all those tires that did pop were visibly ragged .
Bottas complained for quite a few laps of vibration before his tire went south , and nobody is suggesting he hit any debris .


But , it's not Pirelli's fault at all .
Teams and drivers make those calls .
And they went too far , literally .

Once they take delivery , the only thing the tire company has any say in is tire pressures , which the teams would also stretch the limits of , if they were allowed .

As it turned out , it should have been a two-stop race for Merc , and the next race will likely be three .

It will be interesting , and different from the last race because of the different compounds , but it won't be something to beat Pirelli up for .