Quote Originally Posted by Tallgeese

only Ferrari truly understood how to best exploit them. By the second half of the 2006 season, the Ferrari 248 (F2006) was clearly faster than the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-20, & Renault R26 despite its supposedly inferior tyres.
Have to quote this, as this is one of the most biased (or lack of understanding) pieces of writing I've seen for a while on here.

Ferrari were the only team succeeding with BS tyres because of their spectacular relationship with BS.

It evolved around BS using the Ferrari car to design their tyres, so of course the Ferrari worked better than any other car on the BS tyres.

With respect to both parties, Ferrari were the only front running team on the BS tyres, but then McLaren left BS for Michelin because they were unable to compete with the Ferrari - BS relationship.

Though with regards to the topic, I enjoyed the tyre war, and could play as a good level playing field factor when a chassis wasn't as good, they'd make it up on rubber. Then it could also work against competition and clsoe racing, as I believe was the case with BS and Ferrari, where their closeness damaged other teams on same rubber, as it was specified primarily for Ferrari.

If we scrap the single tyre regulation, I'd like more controls in place for ensuring all teams, top and bottom are giving equal treatment.