Its all about the tyres!
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People who are winning ridiculing those who aren't winning for complaining is as one sided and worthless as those who aren't winning complaining in the first place.
Theres plenty of articles from Ferrari over the years complaining about X when they aren't winning. Just as there are as many from people saying X isn't a problem when they are winning.
As MB summed up nicely in the care commentary, F1 teams are not qualified to make reasoned decisions. They are only concerned with their own interests, and rightly so. Its like the Bretheren Court in Pirates of the Caribbean
But ultimately it means they should not be the decision makers for things like this. The tyres shouldn't be changed just because a few teams (who aren't winning) moan, but likewise they shouldn't just be left as they are just because a few teams (who are winning) say they are fine.
Theres plenty of articles from Ferrari over the years complaining about X when they aren't winning. Just as there are as many from people saying X isn't a problem when they are winning.
As MB summed up nicely in the care commentary, F1 teams are not qualified to make reasoned decisions. They are only concerned with their own interests, and rightly so. Its like the Bretheren Court in Pirates of the Caribbean
But ultimately it means they should not be the decision makers for things like this. The tyres shouldn't be changed just because a few teams (who aren't winning) moan, but likewise they shouldn't just be left as they are just because a few teams (who are winning) say they are fine.
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Not sure on the specifics, pretty sure Hamilton isn't the 12th best driver on the grid, or that Massa is better than Vettel, but I see your point.
However, its about the show too. Watching races run at 8/10th with a constant unabaiting barrage of discussion about tyres tyres tyres isn't good for F1 as a whole.
Banning footballers from running and making them walk everywhere wouldn't affect the fairness of the game, and the best teams would still win, but would people want to watch it?
The issue is bigger than individual teams and their views. Its about 'Formula 1' - the commercial and entertainment entity as a whole, and the tyre situation is not good for it.
However, its about the show too. Watching races run at 8/10th with a constant unabaiting barrage of discussion about tyres tyres tyres isn't good for F1 as a whole.
Banning footballers from running and making them walk everywhere wouldn't affect the fairness of the game, and the best teams would still win, but would people want to watch it?
The issue is bigger than individual teams and their views. Its about 'Formula 1' - the commercial and entertainment entity as a whole, and the tyre situation is not good for it.
But what if you want to start the race on the hard tyre? You can't without running it in Qualifying and being slower than you would on the soft.
I don't know why race strategy should be linked to qualifying? No other race series that I can think of ties the 2 together in this way like F1 does.
I don't know why race strategy should be linked to qualifying? No other race series that I can think of ties the 2 together in this way like F1 does.
I wonder why everyone wanted the flexi wings rules changed mid season, but nobody wants to see the tyre rules changed...
I'm with the FIA, the failures need to be fixed, but fiddling with the compounds was always a bad idea. The trouble is, it means the tyre regs as a whole remain retarded and broke.
4 stops is not OK if you only have 3 or 4 good sets of tyres.
I'm with the FIA, the failures need to be fixed, but fiddling with the compounds was always a bad idea. The trouble is, it means the tyre regs as a whole remain retarded and broke.
4 stops is not OK if you only have 3 or 4 good sets of tyres.