flmkane wrote:
However, the teams and drivers decided that it was Pirelli's fault to the extent that they were willing to boycott races until the tires were changed. You can rail against me however much you want, citing the evidence of the curbs and the teams usage of the tyres, but that would be a waste of your time. The teams decided that Pirelli tyres were unsuitable for F1 and it's as simple as that.
Huh? The teams decided, therefore it's fact? I decide that the sky is green, so now it's a fact, and you would just be wasting your time arguing with me. The teams may not have liked the tires, but to say the the teams decided it was Pirelli's
fault is bogus.
FIA (moreso FOM?) wants a tire that degrades. When tires degrade, they lose stability. Whether there's no more tread and the cars spin around like on ice, or tires delaminate, or cars lose 10 seconds a lap, etc, there comes a point at which the tires are no longer driveable. That poses a safety risk no matter which way one looks at it, and that is a fundamental aspect of a component that is designed and regulated to FAIL. Yes, the FIA/FOM want tires that will degrade, meaning FAIL. How does one design a tire that will lose grip/degrade, yet still be safe and driveable at 300+ kmh? If it's always safe at 300kmh, then it hasn't degraded enough which means we're back to the bulletproof Bridgestones.
Pirelli has been given a task that virtually guarantees failure. They have been given a task by the FIA/FOM that is fundamentally false: To design a product that will safely fail while being pushed to the extreme limits by competition. Teams and drivers will always push the limits. People talk about driving to the limit but not past, and that is the trick about racing. But in that pursuit, you sometimes go over the limit and that's when sh*t happens. Is it the car's or driver's fault when a car spins off? The car's limit was too low but the driver pushed past the car's limit.
There's plenty of safe spec racing out there for those who can't handle a few tire blowouts. But then, those races aren't usually on global tv being watched by tens of millions...
