- 26 Apr 11, 00:15#253294
I am fairly sure 2 should do there to be honest based on how the soft has been doing so far (using Melbourne as a point of reference) and a couple of other factors. The wear there really is a hell of a lot lower than elsewhere, i cannot emphasise that enough... All slow corners equals far, far lower loads being placed on the tyres. As you say the supers are an unknown but Pirelli (if i remember correctly) say that the gaps between compounds are pretty consistent, and they seem to have been fairly good for their word until now. Basically i'm saying that i think the softs can last long enough to negate the potential for the supers to fall apart after 10 laps (although i think they'll last a little longer).
Obviously so far we've seen teams go on the options and make more stops as they are the outright quicker tyre but i predict that at Monaco track position will change all that, and given that there's talk of no DRS around Monaco i think that further reinforces my view that teams will be less concerned with outright better pace over track position, because drivers won't simply be able to drive past another slower car, there just isn't the space. Of course, someone might go for it on the quicker strategy but they'd need a bit of luck with traffic imo...
Tyre wear at Monaco is mega low (relatively speaking) - there's a lot of turns, but they're all pretty slow...
Yeah...it will be the same amount of stops as the other races. So I'd say about 3
True, but the soft is pretty damn marginal, I can't see the Super Soft being particularly good at clinging on, even with the reduced wear rate. But then again, they've yet to run it so maybe it's better than I imagine.
I am fairly sure 2 should do there to be honest based on how the soft has been doing so far (using Melbourne as a point of reference) and a couple of other factors. The wear there really is a hell of a lot lower than elsewhere, i cannot emphasise that enough... All slow corners equals far, far lower loads being placed on the tyres. As you say the supers are an unknown but Pirelli (if i remember correctly) say that the gaps between compounds are pretty consistent, and they seem to have been fairly good for their word until now. Basically i'm saying that i think the softs can last long enough to negate the potential for the supers to fall apart after 10 laps (although i think they'll last a little longer).
Obviously so far we've seen teams go on the options and make more stops as they are the outright quicker tyre but i predict that at Monaco track position will change all that, and given that there's talk of no DRS around Monaco i think that further reinforces my view that teams will be less concerned with outright better pace over track position, because drivers won't simply be able to drive past another slower car, there just isn't the space. Of course, someone might go for it on the quicker strategy but they'd need a bit of luck with traffic imo...
Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??
