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[Coronis]

And guess which tyre Hamilton flat spotted

[Hammer278]

Well, I hope the members who were laughing at the idea of a 'planned 4 stop' has the smile wiped off now...It was PLANNED for nearly half the grid in Spain.

They should use the Monaco tyres (super softs and softs) for Canada, we could get a 6 stopper then.

[CarBore]

Throw on a set of inters just to make it to the end? they only have 6 sets of dry tyres

[Hammer278]

That would liven things up even further.

[acosmichippo]

Throw on a set of inters just to make it to the end? they only have 6 sets of dry tyres

cue sprinklers!

[carmonwebber]

As much excitement as the new tyres, DRS etc. have brought to increase overtaking and what not - I must say that I prefer the days before the tyres played so much of a part in determining the outcome of a race.

[Hammer278]

The tyres dont determine the outcome, its the way the teams/driver use the tyres which determines it.

Personally I'm chuffed with the new show. In hindsight, McLaren had a great opportunity to win this race through strategy, if they had only brought Lewis in much later in the stops for primes...he would've easily caught up and passed Vettel at the end. They underestimated their own pace. However, if it was the old show, Vettel would've won 5 out of 5, and McLaren can simply pray for Redbull engine/technical failures to have a chance of winning a race.

[carmonwebber]

Yeah, it certainly mixes it up abit more. It just annoys me that the cars are 'out of sync' for more time during each race than what they use to be.

I was only able to pay half attention to much of the Spanish GP, but remember after the first round of stops, Webber somehow managed to drop from third to being 2 seconds behind Lewis in 4th....wasn't sure what happenned there but it sucked. Then by the second round of stops, Alonso and Webber disappeared.

[vlad]

The tyres dont determine the outcome, its the way the teams/driver use the tyres which determines it.

Personally I'm chuffed with the new show. In hindsight, McLaren had a great opportunity to win this race through strategy, if they had only brought Lewis in much later in the stops for primes...he would've easily caught up and passed Vettel at the end. They underestimated their own pace. However, if it was the old show, Vettel would've won 5 out of 5, and McLaren can simply pray for Redbull engine/technical failures to have a chance of winning a race.

I think they had to send him in, because, like Vettel already said, these tyres are much different comparing to Bridgestone tyres. Their best performance is in the first few laps, even with hard tyres wearing off.

[Hammer278]

That doesn't explain why McLaren kept bringing him in 4-5 laps later than both Ferrari and Redbull. It is a fact that with Pirellis, whoever blinks first is going to gain time over the driver who stays out. Why not bring Lewis in and save those 2-3 slower laps he's going to make?

It was building up to an advantage where they could've stretched it out an extra 6-7 laps with the options compared to Vettel but in the end it was wasted when they brought Lewis in just a lap later. You never know, 6-7 laps of extra bite could've counted quite a lot at the ending stages of the race, Lewis was right on Vettel's exhaust with equally worn tyres. Get my point?

[vlad]

Yep!
I read today that Horner said something like McLaren brought so many updates, that it could be considered as a different car, even faster than Red Bull on race pace...

[What's Burning?]

This would alleviate our Q3 doldrums.

A quicker tyre for qualifying is one of the ideas Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is discussing ahead of the 2012 season. Another suggestion from Paul Hembery, the company’s Motorsport Director, is to take three Slick compounds to each race.

“We are already thinking about next season now and see where the weaknesses are in our system,” Hembery explained to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.

“For example, when the first two practice sessions are held in wet conditions, we really need an extra set of Intermediates, and we have already agreed that next year this should be included in the rule.

“We have more ideas, too. Perhaps we can develop a total of up to six different (dry weather, Slick) compounds and give teams three different types to choose. There are lots of options. We could also create a tyre with much grip for one lap, a special qualifier. Ultimately, the decision is down to the teams; if they don’t want it, we won’t do it.”

Qualifying tyres were last seen in F1 in the 1980s.