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OK, I'm sat here fuming because once again it appears that Pirelli are being blamed for yesterday. Now, I'm not saying that their tyres are better or worse than we've seen before in the sport BUT I also want to point out several factors
A THREAD
A THREAD
Don't look back on 2013 and think that was Pirelli's fault. The teams took it upon themselves to mount directional tyres on the wrong side of the car because it helped them from a downforce perspective (less movement in the sidewall, meaning less tyre squirt) BUT the tyres
were not designed to withstand the loads in that direction (obviously).
Yesterday the safety car timing meant that people pitted onto the hard tyre earlier than planned and needed to extend the stint beyond Pirelli's recommended stint length.
Yesterday the safety car timing meant that people pitted onto the hard tyre earlier than planned and needed to extend the stint beyond Pirelli's recommended stint length.
Bottas was complaining on the radio about 10-15 laps before the actual incident, as he had a vibration being caused by the band on the tyre. This vibration and the loads simply destroyed the tyre and probably means Bottas needs his fillings checked today too.
There was a lot of debris on track, I will not be surprised if Pirelli find most of the field had cuts in their tyres when they investigate.
The drivers were all short cutting Chapel. I would be going out there to have a look just how deep a groove is in that dirt if I were Pirelli / FIA and see how sharp the edge of that exposed kerb now is as a result.
In summary, carry on blaming Pirelli if you like BUT the teams and the drivers have to shoulder some, if not all, of the blame when it comes to improperly using the tyres during a GP and then wondering why they have a blowout.
Lastly, can someone remind me how fast this generation of cars are compared with previous years?... Oh yea and on a tyre that hasn't been developed and the teams chose not to use the one that has....
