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Fernando Alonso has converted a four stop Ferrari strategy to win the Spanish Grand Prix after a 5th place start on the grid. Kimi Raikkonen finished second on a three stopper while Felipe Massa completes Ferrari's party by finishing in third place.
Paul Hembery gave a critical piece of information earlier this weekend. They have moved to using stainless steel for the tyre belts. That means that debris on the track does not puncture the belt any more when you run over it. That in turn means that we don't see a traditional tyre deflation when a tyre gets punctured by debris. Instead, the rubber on the belt sheers off.higgi91 wrote:Tire failure on 4 different cars on 2 different tracks, totally not the tires at fault then...
Toro Rosso just don't understand the tyres....beelsebob wrote:Paul Hembery gave a critical piece of information earlier this weekend. They have moved to using stainless steel for the tyre belts. That means that debris on the track does not puncture the belt any more when you run over it. That in turn means that we don't see a traditional tyre deflation when a tyre gets punctured by debris. Instead, the rubber on the belt sheers off.higgi91 wrote:Tire failure on 4 different cars on 2 different tracks, totally not the tires at fault then...
What we're effectively seeing here is debris punctures, not the tyres randomly failing.
That said – I do think the tyres are much too soft here. We're not seeing any real racing at all.
Actually, Hembery confirmed earlier today that it was caused by debris after all – they investigated further, and found that debris was the cause in all cases.Jonnycraig wrote:I would ask if you were aware they had admitted Hamilton in Bahrain wasnt caused by debris...but it's clear you aren't.beelsebob wrote:Paul Hembery gave a critical piece of information earlier this weekend. They have moved to using stainless steel for the tyre belts. That means that debris on the track does not puncture the belt any more when you run over it. That in turn means that we don't see a traditional tyre deflation when a tyre gets punctured by debris. Instead, the rubber on the belt sheers off.higgi91 wrote:Tire failure on 4 different cars on 2 different tracks, totally not the tires at fault then...
What we're effectively seeing here is debris punctures, not the tyres randomly failing.
That said – I do think the tyres are much too soft here. We're not seeing any real racing at all.
no because i want to see hamilton trying to drive as slow as he can, this is what i enjoy from my motor racingNathanOlder wrote:I hate Pirelli. Absolute rubbish. The sport is going downhill fast with this crap rubber. No one pushing, no one fighting, people letting cars past because its better in the long run. Bring back the bridgestone's and keep DRS.
