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**yasalaioqe** · 05-09-2012, 05:15 PM

But surely there's a problem if you can't drive aggressively and push forward because you have to manage tires the entire race!?

So the F1 champion is not the fastest/best driver, it's the guy whose team has built a car that doesn't use up so much rubber and who's got the best head of race strategy? Kimi drove a brilliant race but didn't get rewarded a bit for it because his tires fell off a cliff right at the end. I don't think that's racing to be honest.

And Gordo, HOW has the aero issue been addressed properly? With an artificial DRS? As I say, we need drastic changes in the aero department. Just compare the front wing of an HRT with a McLaren and see what I mean.

To restore racing of the quality we had in the 70's and 80's, in my opinion we'd need to address

1) downforce (70% of the problem)
2) tires (30% of the problem)

It's a team sport, and working out the tyres is all part of it. Mistakes will be made

The driver should make the mistakes. Not the team's tyre strategy dude.

05-09-2012, 05:15 PM	#6
yasalaioqe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	But surely there's a problem if you can't drive aggressively and push forward because you have to manage tires the entire race!? So the F1 champion is not the fastest/best driver, it's the guy whose team has built a car that doesn't use up so much rubber and who's got the best head of race strategy? Kimi drove a brilliant race but didn't get rewarded a bit for it because his tires fell off a cliff right at the end. I don't think that's racing to be honest. And Gordo, HOW has the aero issue been addressed properly? With an artificial DRS? As I say, we need drastic changes in the aero department. Just compare the front wing of an HRT with a McLaren and see what I mean. To restore racing of the quality we had in the 70's and 80's, in my opinion we'd need to address 1) downforce (70% of the problem) 2) tires (30% of the problem) It's a team sport, and working out the tyres is all part of it. Mistakes will be made The driver should make the mistakes. Not the team's tyre strategy dude.
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