Everybody had blistering tyres in the winter tests not only Mercedes!
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Lewis Hamilton controlled the Spanish Grand Prix from start to finish, carving a comfortable gap to the competition early on in the race as a basis for victory. Valtteri Bottas finished second while Max Verstappen completes the podium for Red Bull Racing.
Everybody had blistering tyres in the winter tests not only Mercedes!
Arrivabene on the new tyres: "It's not in Ferrari's DNA to complain. We haven't done so. Having said that, Toto can say what he wants, but a clarification: there is a difference between being consulted and being informed. We have been informed, not consulted"PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑13 May 2018, 17:29Everybody had blistering tyres in the winter tests not only Mercedes!
Oh please, both of you take your tinfoil hats off.
No, we need to wait and see in France what situation is to compare the effect.... Oh wait
i was wondering what will ferrari fan boys say if Merc becomes dominant in other races also.....well....here is your answer
They just like to run to uncle FIA, and complain in the form of questions!
Most of the tyre tests in 2017 preseason were done by Vettel and Ferrari...and there were roumors that pirelli made tyres to suit their car. Also in 2013 pirelli changed the tyres mid season and Vettel went on to win the next 9 out of 10 races.
formula1.com wrote:Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has given F1 tyre suppliers Pirelli the green light to reduce the tread depth on their slick tyres by 0.4 millimetres at three races this year in a bid to combat overheating issues.
Pirelli found in pre-season testing that the new asphalt at Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya produced more grip and less tyre wear, which means more rubber stayed on the tyre which in turn can lead to surface overheating.
As Great Britain’s Silverstone and France’s Paul Ricard circuits also feature new asphalt for this season, like Barcelona, Pirelli opted to reduce the tread depth, and therefore the amount of rubber on the tyre, for those three races.
“This was a recommendation that we ourselves brought to the FIA – as we have done in the past at some races – because it is less disruptive than nominating harder compounds, which was the alternative,” said Pirelli’s Head of Car Racing, Mario Isola.
“Apart from making a set of tyres weigh around one kilogram less, there is no appreciable difference in performance; so in effect this is an ‘invisible’ change.
“It only applies to the three races in Spain, France and Britain: there is no alteration to the tyre specification planned for any other events.
"We tested the solution last year, and in terms of performance or other consequences, they are almost transparent.
"Obviously the reason we stayed on the standard tyre for this year was in normal circumstances you wear the tyre, and if you don't have enough thickness, you wear the tyre too quickly."
This is not the first time Pirelli have made such a request - the tyre supplier reduced the tread depth in 2011 and 2012 for the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix.