Its not though.
Sorry I didn't mean "4 stops", I meant "4 sets of tires" which is 3 stops. You are still misunderstanding something.
Max can make it easily on medium-hard-medium because his used tyres are only 3 laps old. The other guys who have 6-7 lap old used mediums will be right on the edge. They'll need 17 laps from their used tyres but will only have 16 laps of allowed use if they are 6 laps old to begin with.chrisc90 wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 21:40Its not though.
Take Piastri. new hard, new medium. 40 laps. 19 laps left. He doesnt have a Medium tyre that will do 19 laps. The best he can manage is a 2 or 3 lap old soft. And we seen how that lasted in the race.
Its a 3 stopper, but your on the bones of your A$$ at the end on tyre deg.
I wasn't referring to you, that dude Collins and he was pretty clear in what he said.AR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 21:41Sorry I didn't mean "4 stops", I meant "4 sets of tires" which is 3 stops. The starting tire, the stop on lap 20, the stop on lap 40, and then Mclaren have mediums tires with 6 and 7 laps on them so they would not be allowed to go to lap 57 if Pirelli restriction goes into place. They would need a 4th set.
A bit of mandated tyre age could seriously spice it up. Im all for it now after watching todays sprint!
Three top runners with a new set of softs are Ham/Perez/Leclerc.
We only really had 12-13 green flag laps in the sprint. 4 of them came after the last SC at which point GR had already rung Mercedes to let them know his tires were dead. So basically the soft tires were done after only 5-7 green flag laps for most who had them. .GrizzleBoy wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 22:20Three top runners with a new set of softs are Ham/Perez/Leclerc.
They could do medium, push on the hards and stop for new softs when the car should be at its peak performance level.
Given how effective tyre deltas and the DRS were in the sprint, having the option of a car in quali mode for the last stint might work well, especially if its only for around 10 laps vs 20 for the sprint