Is he right?

[darwin dali]

However, Theissen expects the effect of this change to be minor with regards to the overall balance of power.

"We expect the cars to move more without traction control. Overall, I believe the ban will have less of an influence than the switch to unified tyres," he says.

I find that an interesting statement and on the face of it, he's probably right - tires ARE so important, while TC is less. You can learn to drive w/o TC or unlearn TC, but if you don't have the right feel for the tires in your toes, you're thoroughly screwed.

[Ron Dennis]

I agree DD, and with tires/tyres being so important, being that tyre manufacturers preferred team helps enormously.

And of course Bridgestone were not really going to supply their best tyres free of charge were they?

[8-ball]

as I understand it the only affect that no TC will have is that graining will happen a lot quicker depending on a driver's style. I think this is a good move we will finally find out who is the best driver in the paddock

[7UpJordan]

Looks like we'll be seeing drivers having to look after their tyres more. Somebody mentioned Lewis used a lot of TC last year a lot more than some other drivers so I wonder if he'll be affected? Knowing Lewis he'll have no problems coping as he'll have driven cars without TC throughout his career before F1.

[bud]

well it all depends on which teams TC played a major roll in their speed in the dynamics of the chassis as a whole

[darwin dali]

as I understand it the only affect that no TC will have is that graining will happen a lot quicker depending on a driver's style. I think this is a good move we will finally find out who is the best driver in the paddock

I don't think that's the whole story. I'd expect some differences in the corners as well, some more sliding, some different speed patterns between drivers and hence some more battles/overtaking around corners.

[Ron Dennis]

so what difference does the preffered manufacturer make?