I know it is highly unlikely that it would ever happen but I'm sure it would be possible to design, layering the tyres to alter their grip with respect to wear. I'm not against tyre conservation but there should be others options, being the best at conserving tyres is only a single (essentially) skill. I'm just dreaming of a bunch of fast car's catching up the conservative ones at the end
I agree with you! Shanghai 2011 is a good example for that. Kimis Meltdown in Shanghai 2012 was too much anyways.
No, of course not, but the tyre's did not degrade with such catastrophic consequences within in a few seconds, as in 'falling of a cliff' like they do now. And, I don't see the point of building a 200mph race car with such enormous braking, acceleration, cornering and downforce potential to have it all negated by a f**cking tyre that gives up when the racing get's a bit meaningful.
But they had cars that could fail all of a sudden. And anyway apart from the Raikkonen incident in China when have there been any catastrophic consequences due to the tyres degrading? The teams have just not got a good handle on the tyres yet, but they soon will, remember at the end of last season when teams understood the tyres properly and people were complaining that Pirelli had gone too conservative?
We can argue for ever, but the bottom line is, the tyres for want of a better word cannot handle the potential performance of the cars, so the races are a total compromise.
Which is exactly what the races should be. Qualifying is for outright pace. Races are for balancing a myriad of factors better than your rivals do.
No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO No No NO NO No, YES but not one singular element ie tyres
Sorry ernie but that post reminded me of this lol [video=youtube;WmZ0TY0mrs4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InTAt2hI_kg[/video]
It's not one singular element, though. You're focused on one singular element and Schumacher's whingeing about one singular element that, unlike everyone else, he can't get to grips with but many, many other factors have decided this season's results so far: evolving relative car performance, changing track conditions, a hot race, a cold race, a wet race, circuit characteristics, engines, exhaust layouts and diffuser performance, pit stops, strategies, setups, aerodynamics, wheel nuts, DRS, DDRS, collisions, wind directions and strength, brakes, fuel management and, most importantly, all-round driver performance. The tyres are only as important this season as they've always been. How drivers manage their tyres this season is only as important as it's always been. How easy it is to manage the tyres has changed a bit. Adaptable drivers are taking advantage of this. Schumacher is whingeing about it.
This remark from Norbert say's it all, However, he does understand the drivers frustrations: "I can understand the driver's viewpoint. There is a certain frustration when you think you could go faster, but you are always having to economise - this is not necessarily the nature of a racer." Its not a race or serious competition, its an economy drive and that's not what F1 is about.
Exactly, Norbert didn't disagree at all, he commented on both viewpoints.. Some people on here are as bad as the world's press.
Hahaha, you know if the same climatic conditions as China are repeated again this season, the pure dominance that was unlocked in the w03 then will be repeated. And maybe this time, LFC will be knocking back the champagne while you are crying. Still plenty of time.