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Re: WTF ? Lap 16 Silverstone..

• 9,041 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 8:29 AM

  filmslayer:

  yes , one tire for all ..

  and they tend to pick a compound that last about the same time as a fuel run .

  Horses for Courses...but I would get bored watching cars go round and round on an oval ( and it could be argued that that sort of happens still in F1) , yet I think the rules were introduced to stop the 'car train'..?

  No disrespect to NASCAR but it is not for me having tried to get into it, in the past..

   

• 9,041 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 8:36 AM

  filmslayer:

  and they tend to pick a compound that last about the same time as a fuel run

  I think Pirelli were given the brief to do pretty much the same but having to use two  diff compounds during....thereby enforcing fuel stops too along the way.(not always case)

  I think all the rules in both sports are to stop teams building cars with a gas tank big enough and tyres hard enough to just set off and keep going until the end ?

   

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 5:38 PM

  alcaucin:

  I would get bored watching cars go round and round on an oval

  They do run a couple road courses each year which can be exciting. Youtube has some of them. Here is a full race you can fast forward through to get the idea.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rtg3X8hNBI

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 6:36 AM

  chrisironsbones:

  filmslayer:

  he goes to all the European races and had to turn down a job at McLearen ...

  I bet he did because It wouldn't be McLaren

  Switched Race off t.V after Lewis Hamilton had to call the AA

   

  You missed an amazing storming charge back to the front from Lewis.

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Mon, Jul 1 2013 6:52 AM

  The F1 cars pit for tyres only. The tanks must hold enough fuel for the entire race distance.

  The Brit GP was a bit of a shame with the tyre failures and the unknown as to why during the race. As I read online, both the Prime and the Option tyress had failures so it can't be pinpointed to one or the other. Some are saying the curbbing at turn 4 might have been cutting the sidewalls but it pretty hard to examine a tyre that's been blown to pieces. With the German GP this upcoming weekend, somebody has to do something pretty quick before driver injuries start to happen.

   

   

  Forza Ferrari.................. ;-)