Right, but what if McLaren got a beautiful sunny day at Barcelona, near the beginning of the season, where they can do lots of aero testing and setup work; while RBR got a day of 90% wet running at Abu Dhabi?Jersey Tom wrote:The intent would be to invite new people at each test, so that at the end of the year you've cycled through everyone.
The point is that even the non-extreme cases matter, different teams getting different conditions to test in isn't on.Jersey Tom wrote:Well extreme cases are extreme cases. Besides, if you're running a tire test program you're not there to dick around with your car. You're evaluating tire sets. Pretty sure this was even the general routine of things back in the day when Goodyear was doing F1 and tire tests. It's not a big deal, and having the ENTIRE field there just isn't practical.
And life isn't fair anyway.
When has this been the case in F1?Jersey Tom wrote:Teams collect their own data at NASCAR tests. That's fine, and expected.
Different teams get different conditions or tracks to test on... sure! So what. Like I said, this is pretty standard practice elsewhere and has been in F1 in years previous. It's not a big deal.
In the 80s and 90s they could simply run any testing they liked when they liked – all teams were equal in this respect. Am I missing something?Jersey Tom wrote:80's, 90's for sure. Probably in the 2000's as well.
This is how tire testing usually goes.
Not really, every team would have been at the track for the race anyway. Pre season tests can handle all teams being there and this is no different really. Plus, Pirelli can gather more data in a much shorter time.Jersey Tom wrote:No reason to have the entire field there testing. Would be impractical.