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[scotty]

Getting back on topic more on this colour coding business.

Pirelli is planning to colour code its various tyre compounds this season to help spectators understand the teams' strategy.
In 2007 the FIA ordered Bridgestone to differentiate between its 'hard' and 'soft' options at races and the Japanese manufacturer obliged by painting a white stripe in one of the grooves. When slicks returned in 2009 the soft Bridgestones featured a green circle on the sidewall, but it was not always obvious on TV pictures.
Stories from Italy suggest that Pirelli will go one step further and change the colour of the writing on the tyre wall for each compound. The super-soft will reportedly be red, the soft will be white, the medium blue and the hard yellow. Sidewall lettering on the full wet tyre will be yellow and on the intermediates red.
It has also emerged that - so no drivers or teams are favoured - the FIA will distribute Pirelli's tyres to the teams after randomly shuffling the code numbers at grands prix.

[Robert12010]

Oh I don't know. Here we are in a tire thread and Lewis is going to dominate is brought up again by his fanboys. I didn't bring Hamilton into this discussion...I simply disagreed with the conclusions of those who did. Statistically, my argument is sound. No tire on the planet will keep Hamilton from being overly aggressive....perhaps wisdom will come with the aging of one more year.

A masterful fisherman.

Nah, your team put the bait in the water. I'm just toying with it.

Cheers!

i say that its fair enough to have your say, but dont waste your time attacking fans of a driver, anyway back to the subject

[What's Burning?]

the FIA will distribute Pirelli's tyres to the teams after randomly shuffling the code numbers at grands prix.

I know we kind of know what this means, but does anyone have more info on this process.... seems as if it's something that was or may have been exploited before for them to go out of their way to note that procedural change.

[Robert12010]

the FIA will distribute Pirelli's tyres to the teams after randomly shuffling the code numbers at grands prix.

I know we kind of know what this means, but does anyone have more info on this process.... seems as if it's something that was or may have been exploited before for them to go out of their way to note that procedural change.

cant say im aware of that

[Jose Lorca]

wait that car has one yellow and one red at the front??.... actually I can imagin that happening this year

[scotty]

the FIA will distribute Pirelli's tyres to the teams after randomly shuffling the code numbers at grands prix.

I know we kind of know what this means, but does anyone have more info on this process.... seems as if it's something that was or may have been exploited before for them to go out of their way to note that procedural change.

If this is the first we've heard of it, there can't be that much to be read into here, surely?

wait that car has one yellow and one red at the front??.... actually I can imagin that happening this year

I think it's just for demo purposes...

[The Ram]

Lewis will love it

I will love it too! I don't know if it will have implications on the life of the front Vs rear, but I guess he can change earlier now since they say most races are going to be two stoppers.

[Jabberwocky]

I think a stronger front end will play into Alonso's hands as well. Think about him in his Renault championship years.

[What's Burning?]

I think a stronger front end will play into Alonso's hands as well. Think about him in his Renault championship years.

Anyone with a preference for oversteer that can manhandle a car will benefit.

[What's Burning?]

Everything there is man made even the rain!

Pirelli have just spent the whole evening sending trucks round the track pouring 95,000 litres of water on the racing line.

[Hammer278]

Makes you sad when you think of whole populations in some areas of the world praying for a liter of water to drink everyday.

[billindenver]

Makes you sad when you think of whole populations in some areas of the world praying for a liter of water to drink everyday.

I'm not sad.

[Hammer278]

Yeah I was actually directing that to Whats Burning. I wouldn't have said it to you.

[What's Burning?]

I am very sad... those 95,000 liters of potable water were on their way to Sudan ready to be shipped as part of a humanitarian aid effort to 80,000 people in Darfur at Kalma Camp. Very very sad.

[Jabberwocky]

I remember being in Kuwait and finding it strange that you could walk around with a bar of gold bullion and no one cared, but the water tankers where escorted by armed guards.