Sieper wrote: ↑22 Jul 2023, 16:24
So now all tires are used? I mean, no new hards left for anyone. Same will happen with the mediums.
All they've done is taken off the initial performance from the tyres, they'll be good enough
to use in the race. You'd only get an advantage over the rest if you manage to save a set of fresh medium and
soft tyres for the race. Disadvantage would be flat spotting a set of tyres.
So far so good with this new qualifying format, it puts the onus on the drivers to deliver the lap times
to progress. If it means we see faster cars having to battle through the pack? So be it. This was always going to be about improving the race, with little concern for the impact on the practise sessions (which F1 seems to want to reduce anyway).