organic wrote: ↑22 Sep 2024, 12:54
DRS wrote: ↑22 Sep 2024, 12:51
So, what are people suggesting, that the quality control from Pirelli is terrible and all tyres aren't equal, or are drivers getting tyres that are all equally bad?
As Hollus indicates it's very possible imo that quality control hasn't become worse / tyres aren't any more inconsistent. But the field spread has condensed
rapidly over the past 3 years, and to an extreme degree over the last 12 months. The effect of any perceived inconsistency will then be magnified.
Perhaps in light of smaller field spread pirelli should therefore improve QC
I am sure there is more to it than just field getting bunched up. Year over year, Pirelli is churning different compounds and the tyre pressures are going thorugh the roof. But the end result has remained the same. Never in the history of the sport, an outlap was such a precision science that drivers have to work with surgeon's precision to take care of the tyre to go for a qualifying lap. We don't hear anything other tyre all through the weekend. It's as if we have gotten used to hearing tyres every lap, every session and every weekend.
The cars have gotten slower and slower since 2019. They simplified front wing and took loads of time off the cars. Then for 2021, they decided to cut out floor and cars lost time. Then came ground effect cars, which were even slower. 2024 times are almost 2 seconds slower than 2020. Cars have gotten heavier, but are not putting anywhere near as much stress on tyres that 2020 cars were. Yet, Pirelli keeps jacking up tyres pressures with an excuse of safety. Imagine if they didn't do any change to 2019 cars and up until now if they had developed those cars, these Pirelli's would have barely managed to complete half a lap with that kind of downforce.
They have proved beyond any reasonable doubt that they are incapable of producing quality goods. Now they are at a stage where drivers and teams doubt if the sets they are using are even the same. They behave so funny that at some venues, one compound becomes totally useless. Teams don't even want to touch it. In some venues, a medium or a hard would be faster than the softs.