- 12 Apr 11, 11:41#250602
There is a marked trend between this year and last. Certainly it's because of the new Pirelli tires, but it's been interesting to watch as I think it will make it much harder for a driver to get pole, win, and fastest lap.
Because of the way the Bridgestones behaved last year with a very linear degradation, the tires and fuel consumption would give a flat time result, so we saw most of the fastest laps recorded towards the end of the race because of the fuel load. This year because of the extreme degradation of the tires, unless a driver is on a very fresh set of Pirellis, *and* very light on fuel they're likely not going to see those fastest laps during the final laps of the race. Looking through the numbers it's clear that most are being set in the late 30's through 40's.
Because of the way the Bridgestones behaved last year with a very linear degradation, the tires and fuel consumption would give a flat time result, so we saw most of the fastest laps recorded towards the end of the race because of the fuel load. This year because of the extreme degradation of the tires, unless a driver is on a very fresh set of Pirellis, *and* very light on fuel they're likely not going to see those fastest laps during the final laps of the race. Looking through the numbers it's clear that most are being set in the late 30's through 40's.
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