Would it matter if?
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IIRC there was a race this season where 3 compounds were available instead of the usual 2. Anyway I doubt it would make any difference; the teams have a pretty good idea of the optimum + second best tyres for each circuit. You'd just see the teams taking the same tyres as each other.
tight fart said:
At each race the 3 compounds available were just referred to as,,
Soft
Medium &
Hard?.
This crap about softs and super softs drives me mad, it's like having an amp made that goes to 11!!!!!
You mean, they are always called soft, medium and hard at every race, even if it is not always the same softness, mediumness and hardness each weekend? I too have thought this would be a wise idea. Can we start a petition?Soft
Medium &
Hard?.
This crap about softs and super softs drives me mad, it's like having an amp made that goes to 11!!!!!
It would sure make the screen graphics easier rather than yellow S, red S and M. Then they get onto used or not used and it gets worse.
Although if I had my way there would only be 1 tyre type at each race and it everyone would be forced to have 2 stops minimum to stop all the tyre saving rubbish, just get out there and drive flat out.
Although if I had my way there would only be 1 tyre type at each race and it everyone would be forced to have 2 stops minimum to stop all the tyre saving rubbish, just get out there and drive flat out.
parabolica said:
IIRC there was a race this season where 3 compounds were available instead of the usual 2. Anyway I doubt it would make any difference; the teams have a pretty good idea of the optimum + second best tyres for each circuit. You'd just see the teams taking the same tyres as each other.
EVERY race this year.I actually think that just calling them soft, medium and hard on the day is the right answer. I don't care which compound set they have taken, and those that do can easily find out.
What they do need to do is make the hardest compound vaguely competitive though.
Jez
Mr_Thyroid said:
Like so many things in life if you pay attention and concentrate it's actually very simple.
Do you know the differences between the tyres, so that when they tell you which set of 3 they've chosen, you understand what difference it will make. Operating ranges etc. For those fans, I accept, it's useful to know which set has been chosen. But those fans are going to be able to find that out anyway. Otherwise, I just don't see why they bother.
Jen
Keep it simple for the facebook generation and just refer to them as different coloured wheels.
The commentators already tend to refer to "the red-walled supersoft tyre" so it's lovely and easy then - you can have "red wheels"; "green wheels"; "yellow wheels". None of that confusing texture stuff, just some simple colour coding.
Particularly as soft isn't always faster than medium anyway!
The commentators already tend to refer to "the red-walled supersoft tyre" so it's lovely and easy then - you can have "red wheels"; "green wheels"; "yellow wheels". None of that confusing texture stuff, just some simple colour coding.
Particularly as soft isn't always faster than medium anyway!
The ultrasoft, supersoft is a little inelegant, although not really that hard to follow. soft, soft-medium, medium, medium-hard etc might be better. Or better still might to have a hardness grade of increasing numerical value from soft to hard, use say 30-40-50-60-70 and that gives scope for more tyre compounds. we could call the unit Norris. "oh he's putting on 70 Norris tyres, that'll get him to the end of the race and back home"
How about having a tyre which lasts for the whole race? Let's cut all the undercut nonsense out, send the drivers out with a car/fuel/tyre combination that allows the race to take place on the track and that way, the best set up car with the best driver will win!
If racing improves the breed, I don't look forward to the day when my commute involves a 3 second stop to slap on another grands worth of tyres half way to the office!
If racing improves the breed, I don't look forward to the day when my commute involves a 3 second stop to slap on another grands worth of tyres half way to the office!
The only bit that grates on me is that Ultra and Super only exist at one end of the scale. Really it should be:
- Super soft
- Soft
- Medium
- Hard
- Super hard
The more pressing matter for Pirelli is to make a wet tyre that can actually be used in the rain. If what's required to prevent a F1 car aquaplaning on its floor is to raise the ride height by 15mm then let's have wets that are 30mm larger in diameter.
- Super soft
- Soft
- Medium
- Hard
- Super hard
The more pressing matter for Pirelli is to make a wet tyre that can actually be used in the rain. If what's required to prevent a F1 car aquaplaning on its floor is to raise the ride height by 15mm then let's have wets that are 30mm larger in diameter.
HardtopManual said:
The more pressing matter for Pirelli is to make a wet tyre that can actually be used in the rain. If what's required to prevent a F1 car aquaplaning on its floor is to raise the ride height by 15mm then let's have wets that are 30mm larger in diameter.
They used to have tyres called Typhoon tyres which were like that. They weren't used for years, so ended up being dropped on cost grounds.How many sets of Extreme Wets do they ship to a race? And how long does the rubber last on an unused wet tyre?
Set against the 20+ sets of dry tyres they produce and transport every weekend, seems like a minimal saving given that one set of Extreme Wets would probably last the entire weekend.
Set against the 20+ sets of dry tyres they produce and transport every weekend, seems like a minimal saving given that one set of Extreme Wets would probably last the entire weekend.
Sigmamark7 said:
How about having a tyre which lasts for the whole race? Let's cut all the undercut nonsense out, send the drivers out with a car/fuel/tyre combination that allows the race to take place on the track and that way, the best set up car with the best driver will win!
If racing improves the breed, I don't look forward to the day when my commute involves a 3 second stop to slap on another grands worth of tyres half way to the office!
Because with modern aero how it is and the differences between the cars so narrow you'll find every race order finishing exactly how it finished the first lap.If racing improves the breed, I don't look forward to the day when my commute involves a 3 second stop to slap on another grands worth of tyres half way to the office!
MiniMan64 said:
Because with modern aero how it is and the differences between the cars so narrow you'll find every race order finishing exactly how it finished the first lap.
On the bright side, it would save a lot of time and money. You could run qualifying then go straight to the one-lap race. Get the whole thing out the way in just over an hour. Ideal for TV. Oh dear ... don't give Bernie ideas!Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff