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Max Verstappen had a fairly quiet race and was never under any threat to win the Brazilian Grand Prix. Lando Norris similarly sailed to second place while Fernando Alonso put up a strong fight to return to the podium by fighting off Sergio Perez.
Track evolution.
Track evolution is predicated on the number of laps done on track. It doesn't matter if they go out at 4 minutes or 3 minutes, the last guy will have the same amount of grip. The only reason to wait for long is if you want to ensure you are the last one, or at least not the first one. But there's always someone who elects to go first and to get a clean warm-up lap, if that driver goes at 4 minutes instead of 3 we are never going to have this problem. My guess is with this new rule the best position to be will be at the front of the queue, not the back where you have theoretically the most track evolution.
Other than track getting rubbered, which is one part of the evolution, the track temperature also matters. As it starts to dawn, usually track starts cooling down. So every minute matters and hence its ideal to go for the lap as late as possible, but also with sufficient gap in front to avoid wake.Cs98 wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 12:39Track evolution is predicated on the number of laps done on track. It doesn't matter if they go out at 4 minutes or 3 minutes, the last guy will have the same amount of grip. The only reason to wait for long is if you want to ensure you are the last one, or at least not the first one. But there's always someone who elects to go first and to get a clean warm-up lap, if that driver goes at 4 minutes instead of 3 we are never going to have this problem. My guess is with this new rule the best position to be will be at the front of the queue, not the back where you have theoretically the most track evolution.
One minute here and there has negligible impact on track temps.mendis wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 13:20Other than track getting rubbered, which is one part of the evolution, the track temperature also matters. As it starts to dawn, usually track starts cooling down. So every minute matters and hence its ideal to go for the lap as late as possible, but also with sufficient gap in front to avoid wake.Cs98 wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 12:39Track evolution is predicated on the number of laps done on track. It doesn't matter if they go out at 4 minutes or 3 minutes, the last guy will have the same amount of grip. The only reason to wait for long is if you want to ensure you are the last one, or at least not the first one. But there's always someone who elects to go first and to get a clean warm-up lap, if that driver goes at 4 minutes instead of 3 we are never going to have this problem. My guess is with this new rule the best position to be will be at the front of the queue, not the back where you have theoretically the most track evolution.
I can understand that in the case of a lockup, but that does not seem very fair in the case of a puncture.
Nope, the tyres come as a set from what I remember (could be wrong). If you