- 28 Mar 10, 10:44#192410
Okay, we all know that today was an amazing race thanks to the quick shower at the start of the race. But I think that shower did more than just give us some hectic first laps.
Because everyone started on inters, it meant the teams weren't restricted to having to use both sets of tyres during the race. It meant that they could use the softs twice and ignore the hards. As such, we seen Webber, Lewis and Rosberg stopping twice and trying to use the extra speed of the new tyres to make up places. Had they needed to use the slower harder tyre during the 2nd stint, chances are they wouldn't have taken that gamble.
Ok granted Lewis complained the gamble was a mistake. But had they not have taken the gamble, things would have probably stayed status quo, and we wouldn't have had the extra excitement for the final 20 laps, with Lewis and Webber closing the gap, and the eventual mayham.
I'm just thinking, what if we removed the rule that forces teams to use both compounds during a race.
It's possible all the teams will just run in a train, using the hard tyres and not stopping during the race. But I doubt it. The top teams will still want to use the soft tyres during Q3, meaning they have to start on the softs, and stop during the race. However the guys behind might try to run the whole race on hard tyres. Therefore we get the guys on softs pitting for new tyres and a boost of speed, whilst the guys trying to run the distance are ahead on track because they didn't pit. This way we have drivers like Lewis trying to fight through, trying to take an impressive win by overtaking.
The main advantage here is that they can overtake, because of the speed difference. You need around 3 seconds a lap to overtake I heard. Well Lewis was catching Alonso at 2-3 seconds per lap today, and would've probably overtaken him had Webber not punted him off.
It also provides a chance for drivers who are further back to do something different. If someone like Alonso or Vettel had qualified 16th or last, they would have done a 1 stop to make up posistions. But as we seen today, Lewis qualified 11th and couldn't do anything different, because if it hadn't rained, everyone would have done the exact same strategy, and he'd be stuck in traffic all day, much like what happened Webber at Bahrain.
Just my thoughts. Because it doesn't require any major rule changes, or car changes. Plus we can't change the tyres anyway, because Bridgestone simply won't. Forcing 2 stop strategies will only create overtaking in the pits. This way I'd hope will create battles like the one between Massa and Hamilton at Turkey 08. It involved overtaking, and a race long battle. Much better than what happened in Bahrain I'd say.
Because everyone started on inters, it meant the teams weren't restricted to having to use both sets of tyres during the race. It meant that they could use the softs twice and ignore the hards. As such, we seen Webber, Lewis and Rosberg stopping twice and trying to use the extra speed of the new tyres to make up places. Had they needed to use the slower harder tyre during the 2nd stint, chances are they wouldn't have taken that gamble.
Ok granted Lewis complained the gamble was a mistake. But had they not have taken the gamble, things would have probably stayed status quo, and we wouldn't have had the extra excitement for the final 20 laps, with Lewis and Webber closing the gap, and the eventual mayham.
I'm just thinking, what if we removed the rule that forces teams to use both compounds during a race.
It's possible all the teams will just run in a train, using the hard tyres and not stopping during the race. But I doubt it. The top teams will still want to use the soft tyres during Q3, meaning they have to start on the softs, and stop during the race. However the guys behind might try to run the whole race on hard tyres. Therefore we get the guys on softs pitting for new tyres and a boost of speed, whilst the guys trying to run the distance are ahead on track because they didn't pit. This way we have drivers like Lewis trying to fight through, trying to take an impressive win by overtaking.
The main advantage here is that they can overtake, because of the speed difference. You need around 3 seconds a lap to overtake I heard. Well Lewis was catching Alonso at 2-3 seconds per lap today, and would've probably overtaken him had Webber not punted him off.
It also provides a chance for drivers who are further back to do something different. If someone like Alonso or Vettel had qualified 16th or last, they would have done a 1 stop to make up posistions. But as we seen today, Lewis qualified 11th and couldn't do anything different, because if it hadn't rained, everyone would have done the exact same strategy, and he'd be stuck in traffic all day, much like what happened Webber at Bahrain.
Just my thoughts. Because it doesn't require any major rule changes, or car changes. Plus we can't change the tyres anyway, because Bridgestone simply won't. Forcing 2 stop strategies will only create overtaking in the pits. This way I'd hope will create battles like the one between Massa and Hamilton at Turkey 08. It involved overtaking, and a race long battle. Much better than what happened in Bahrain I'd say.
