Indeed, which is why Pirelli now has an engineer with every team to make sure they do it?
Belgian Grand Prix 2015, Spa-Francorchamps - Race 11/19
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Indeed, which is why Pirelli now has an engineer with every team to make sure they do it?
Soldato
Red Bull were given parameters by Pirelli by which they could race within, tyre pressures/camber etc. were all legal when they raced... SCRUTINEERING.
Soldato
So? Still legal, the rules are in place. If they're dangerous then they need changing, hence what I said earlier about the FIA having to enforce limits.
You can link to 5 year old articles if you wish, it's now 2015 and every team has a Pirelli engineer in the garage making sure they run within the limits. And if a team did run outside those limits and a tyres blows then Pirelli would be straight to the media with it.
Soldato
Did you two miss
"There was a Pirelli engineer standing in our garage and he wasn’t just chewing bubblegum. He would have intervened if the data had shown anything suspicious"
Agree.
Those engineers are there to advise they cannot force the teams to do anything and running straight to the media about such an issue would have long term business repercussions, you don't burn bridges like that. A driver shouting and screaming is mostly accepted as people except that they are singular emotional people but you wont see companies take the daggers to each other when they still have to work together.
Red Bull and Renault are probably the closest thing to an exception to that I have seen in a long time but that is mostly because Red Bull are a bunch of bells.
I agree that the tyre should not have 'blew' and that there should have been a engineered to allow for a more 'gentle' failure but it was very ambitious to take them that far especially with a driver who sees the track limits as nothing but decoration for the track.
Caporegime
I love how sarcastic Button is getting on the radio 
It wasn't a classic Spa race but still not a bad one. Hamilton was unmatched and Grosjean drove a blinder.
It wasn't a classic Spa race but still not a bad one. Hamilton was unmatched and Grosjean drove a blinder.
Hembrey is already in the media defending his beloved tyres and blaming it on Ferrari. Just like they blamed the teams in 2013. They know bad press is not good for them getting another contract with Michelin hanging about ready to take over.
Let's not forget the Nico blow out also which seems to have been forgotten.
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I love how sarcastic Button is getting on the radio
Haha yep: 'Those guys ahead are going very slowly. Even we are catching them'
Soldato
Michelin won't get the contract because they give Bernie $40 mil a year in advertising and no one wants chavey 18 inch wheels.
I love how sarcastic Button is getting on the radio
Indeed but I imagine Ron will think very differently and would love to shift Jenson on with that sort of thing. Never strikes me as someone with a sense of humour..
Then again who else would want to go there? Pastor
Michelin have also said they are only interested if there is more than one tyre maker, which the FIA seem in no hurry to bring back.
It will be Pirelli, because they are the only choice.
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I would be surprised if Michelin ever make it back to F1 after the events at Indy.
Soldato
They were only partly to blame for that, as nobody had thought to inform them of the change to a new diamond cut track surface, despite the FIA and Bridgestone knowing full well.
Soldato
Haha yep: 'Those guys ahead are going very slowly. Even we are catching them'
I loved that radio message - he has a dig at the team but he does it in away that he can't be told off for. He's done it a few times this season, the other most notable time in Canada when he sarcastically questionned the team's decision to let him pit
That was about the only thing in the race that made me smile lol. I did enjoy Romain getting podium too and verstappens pass before the bus stop, that was just brilliant.
Soldato
Pirelli are now saying they pushed for a rule whereby the compounds had to be replaced by a certain number of laps but their proposals were rejected. Well at least that was something.
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