JordanMugen wrote: ↑29 Jun 2019, 18:59
How come so many fans missing the influence of the tyres?
Ferrari, RBR, Alfa and HAAS are not suddenly very fast. Rather the high temp, allows them to get tyres into correct temperature.
Mercedes, and Renault are not suddenly very slow. Rather the high temp caused these cars to overheat the tyres and loose grip.
Seemds the most logical explanation? Perhaps 2019 tyre is impossible to get into correct window on all tracks with one car design.
One wonders the excitement 2018 tyre switch could have brought.. Pity.
For Haas, maybe, but Ferrari were faster on the straights in France, in Canada, in Monaco, in Barcelona, in China, Bahrain and Australia.....
Ferrari got pole in Bahrain, Canada and now Austria, tracks that are less about the corners and more about the straights. No Ferrari didn't just suddenly get the tires in the window, that really hasn't been their big issue anywhere in general, it's been that they have a rocket that is less good in corners and Merc have a great cornering car that is less fast on the straights.
Renault may well be the victim of things other than just tires, though that could also be it. They could for instance be one of the teams with the DRS oblong rear flap attachment that dropped drag on straights and maybe that has been removed as while they were really strong in Canada, less strong in France they are unexpectedly not fast again here.
Yes, every team will have tracks the tires aren't working great but overall I think Ferrari's main issue was just having weaker aero in corners and losing more time in corners than gaining on straights. Barca/Australia/Monaco may have been not great tires but I think it's more about cars.
AS for 2018 tires, considering the races are everyone crawling along to prevent tire overheating and even at the power tracks Mercedes have had what I would say is better race pace probably due to best tire cooling/control in races, then I can only imagine that Mercedes would dominate everywhere with 2018 tires and that most teams would just blister or go even slower for the rest of the season.
2017 tires didn't degrade, but they didn't blister or grain much either and everyone could push without overheating. Baffles me that people seem to think 2018 tires which overheat worse are the answer and no one is calling for the 2017 tires that let everyone push much much harder.