f1 tyres explained

[dombanks]

shamelessly stolen from the z4 forum but funny

 

[Norman Verona]

What a plonker....

 

Next year we'll be millionaires.

[stephenh]

    :laugh:  

[Norman Verona]

No, just realised it's "this time next year we'll be millionaires"

[alexander72]

I had a ski coat like Rodneys!!!!  

[bigals]

Rodneys shell suit is the hight of retro fashion , might still give it a miss tho .......

[Rory's Dad]

I understand that the teams that had punctures had been fitting the rears the wrong way round.  Pirelli should put arrows on them like on my Toyos >>>>

 

Rory's Dad

[Ian Podmore]

Pirelli have also said the teams are using too low a pressure, and too much camber...... So the teams are not supposed to optimise the car set up any more then???

 

New tyres for German GP, back with last years Kevlar belt instead of the steel from this year but with 2013 rubber.  Very likely to have an effect on results I would think.

 

I'm not a great follower of F1, but this year has been pretty dire with respect to the influence of the tyres. Having the fastest cars on qualifying flounder in the race is not GP racing in my opinion. It doesn't make it more exciting, it means you watch the start and a few laps, then you may as well go and do something else until the final 3 laps as the bit in the middle ends up being a lottery rather than racing so often.