Pirelli 2013

[bhall]

They tested for 2013 last year in a couple of practice sessions.

They tested it once at Brazil, hardly enough to catch these issues

Sorry, that dog won't hunt. Pirelli gathers a combined ~8,000km of data for each grand prix, and we're at the eighth round of the Championship. This is rank incompetence.

[Huntresa]

They tested for 2013 last year in a couple of practice sessions.

They tested it once at Brazil, hardly enough to catch these issues

Then why didn't they take a team for a 1000km run last year?

cause everyone said no thanks...

[Huntresa]

They tested for 2013 last year in a couple of practice sessions.

They tested it once at Brazil, hardly enough to catch these issues

Sorry, that dog won't hunt. Pirelli gathers a combined ~8,000km of data for each grand prix, and we're at the eighth round of the Championship. This is rank incompetence.

But they weren't allowed to switch tires anyway so how is each gp helping exactly ?

[Cam]

They tested for 2013 last year in a couple of practice sessions.

They tested it once at Brazil, hardly enough to catch these issues

Sorry, that dog won't hunt. Pirelli gathers a combined ~8,000km of data for each grand prix, and we're at the eighth round of the Championship. This is rank incompetence.

Get ready for another Hembrey excuse.

[bhall]

But they weren't allowed to switch tires anyway so how is each gp helping exactly ?

The FIA explicitly allows changes on safety grounds. But, Pirelli simply can't admit that it supplies unsafe tires.

[Huntresa]

But they weren't allowed to switch tires anyway so how is each gp helping exactly ?

The FIA explicitly allows changes on safety grounds. But, Pirelli simply can't admit that it supplies unsafe tires.

Yeah they do but all teams need to say yes, are you forgetting that or?

[Huntresa]

[Huntresa]

But they weren't allowed to switch tires anyway so how is each gp helping exactly ?

The FIA explicitly allows changes on safety grounds. But, Pirelli simply can't admit that it supplies unsafe tires.

The tyres tested on fridays last 2 GPs have been the new safer tire, but Lotus and other said no, so what should Pirelli do ?

[Goran2812]

are these steel belt or kevlar tires? and are these the tires that pirelli changed the gluing process or? what happened today was a total farce!

[bhall]

But they weren't allowed to switch tires anyway so how is each gp helping exactly ?

The FIA explicitly allows changes on safety grounds. But, Pirelli simply can't admit that it supplies unsafe tires.

Yeah they do but all teams need to say yes, are you forgetting that or?

Safety changes do not require the consent of the teams.

12.5.2 If, in the opinion of the appointed tyre supplier and FIA technical delegate, the nominated tyre specification proves to be technically unsuitable, the stewards may authorise the use of additional tyres to a different specification.

Pirelli need only fall on its sword to change the tires.

[Huntresa]

are these steel belt or kevlar tires? and are these the tires that pirelli changed the gluing process or? what happened today was a total farce!

Its steel belt and thats the problem combined with the fairly bad sidewalls.

[turbof1]

Awfully dangerous! Alonso and Raikkonen were very lucky not to get a big chunk of tyre on their heads; this could have ended up so much worse.

The situation really is getting out of hand. We've raced at Silverstone before; never were those curbs a problem. Pirelli should accept defeat, call in rightfully so the safety clausule in the rules and change the god damn tyres. No excuses anymore!

[Sombrero]

It's really sad for F-1 and the motorsport in general. I really hope Pirelli will not stay in F-1 in 2014...

[smellybeard]

I think it's time that F1 (the teams or FIA) set up an independent and neutral test team with their own engineers and car design. The purpose of such team would be to conduct tyre and other testing and research all aspects of F1.

[turbof1]

Do you people agree that it is actually now even more dangerous then the situations in Bahrain? Back then the steel belt stayed on, with only the top rubber layer blowing off. Now we have the complete tyre blowing in every direction.