the extent to which they are having to save tyres this year is much further and much more exagerrated than anything like its been in the past.myurr wrote:@fiohaa - that's been the case for many years now, not just this year. Since they did away with refuelling there's an element of saving the tyres. Before that they were saving fuel.
Alonso may be able to attack yet, let's just see what happens. In the past we had Coulthard in a front running McLaren being held up at the back of the grid for half the race, so it's a bit rich to blame the tyres for the lack of overtaking opportunity.
Grosjean didn't weave, he moved right to fight the Ferrari and back to the left to take the widest line possible in to the corner. He probably didn't realise Schumacher was there or as close as he was, and that was his big mistake. That's not a mistake deserving of a penalty.
If the cars don't work across a wide range of temperatures then that's down to the design of the car. They need to do a better job. It would be a lottery if the performance of the tyre itself changed, it doesn't. The tyres don't vary, the teams just aren't keeping them in the working window. The fact that they can work that out and can come up with a solution, even if it takes them time, by definition means it is not a lottery.
We Know that from lap 1 onwards in the race, they are driving well within their own abilities to nurse the tyres. That is not racing anymore.
Grosjean by definition weaved. He moved right, then moved left. That is a weave. You can describe that as erratic in behaviour - and he of course knew schumacher was there which is why he tried to chop him off by swerving back left again. He was not moving back to the racing line, it was a sudden and decisive move + ....its not back to the racing line anyway.....they only move back to the left to take the apex after that barrier which sticks out a bit.
by definition it is a lottery...because weather is affecting the tyre operating window so much from car to car, more so than any of the teams expected at the start of the year, and Much more so than in previous years. To the point where you can have a williams dominating 1 race, and no where the next.
http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/new ... s-in-Spain
mark hughes explains it really well.
I'll give you that its not strictly a lottery because they are all on the same tyres, but when track temperature is affecting things to this extent + the fact that drivers aren't pushing anymore...it makes for dull racing. (Unless youre a casual viewer who just likes seeing the pretty cars pass each other)
