chrisc90 wrote: ↑09 May 2023, 13:23
They should just bring the 3 softest they have to each race. Teams then have to run a 2 stopper.
When you can do the full GP on one set of tyres, it ruins any strategy games you used to see.
What deg did the mclarens see on the hard after they switched to them on lap 8?
Verstappen clearly did very well on the hard. Could have done the full GP if it didn’t need a pitstop
You are wrong, the complete opposite is needed, much more durable and robust tires that allow all the teams and drivers to push much harder(much longer and while in traffic), which require less pit stops, zero if possible and less marbles which worsen racing by narrowing the racing line.
More pit stops lead to less on track action. If a pass is to be made it should be on the track, not in the pits. Watching the fastest race cars in the world at pit lane speed is not exciting. The race should be more about car and driver and less about tires, and team strategy/pit team, the team have far enough input while designing and engineering the car, qually and the race is where the driver should be showcased.
The current problem(since 2011 pirelli introduction) is that the trash that pirelli provides F1 can last all day long if only pushed 85% or so, but won't last a full lap without overheating if pushed beyond 95% or so. This was intentionally designed into the tire as a fuse because of poor pirelli tire construction methods that has an inherent weakness where the sidewall connects with the tire tread. The tires are garbage, they are heavy garbage and the wet tires are even worse. I hate tire wars, but the only way to improve the racing is to get rid of pirelli, and showing just how terrible their product for F1 is in a tire war is the only way I see that happening.
And no, F1, nor the FIA did not ask for these characteristics of the tires, and the requirements for degradation from the FIA were dropped since at least 2017.
https://www.racefans.net/2016/07/15/f1- ... 7-pirelli/