Just for the record I wasn't being a smart ass to you or saying that you talk crap, I read probably the same reports that you do about Kovalainen's 'rear tyre wear' problems, and i think that what is reported is a bit exadurated, rather then you exadurating it.nudger wrote:oh well i wouldnt pressume to be able to convince you. All i would say is that it wasnt untill lewis got in the car that they were able to start doing long runs.lkocev wrote:For some reason though I find it a little bit difficult to belive that Lewis was 'fine' ... How can he possibly be as fast as he is, but be able to stress the tyres less than Kovalainen, sounds like crap to me mate. ..nudger wrote:on the tyre wear... what i am hearing was that Lewis was fine, but kovy was eating them at a ridiculous rate.
I dont think its worth making too much of at this time. That was only relevant to the package they were running at the time. they have 3 tests and a bundle of upgrades before it means anything.
I can appreciate that perhaps Kovalainen's driving style puts a little more stress on the rears tyres. He would appear to strictly follow the "slow in fast out" rule where drivers sacrifice a little bit of entry speed so that they can get on the throttle as soon as possible, but normally when using this technique, you tend to get the car straightened up a little sooner. Lewis would appear to trail brake alot more than Heikki, and perhaps tries to carry as much speed as possible into, and through the apex of a given turn, and hence the reason he is a little harder on his front tyres. Perhaps the tyre wear problems are also partially due to the reduced amount of downforce, wasn't that the reason McLaren were using a 2008 rear wing most of the time at the last test? It could also have something to do with slightly different tyre contructions also. I guess your right and we'll just have to wait and see what happens during the next tests...