bwoah@lemmy.worldM to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 1 year ago[Tobi Gruner] FIA has set a limit of max 18 laps for new tyre sets in the race today. That means 3 pit stops will be mandatory for each driver.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1image[Tobi Gruner] FIA has set a limit of max 18 laps for new tyre sets in the race today. That means 3 pit stops will be mandatory for each driver.lemmy.worldbwoah@lemmy.worldM to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe_one_and_only@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·1 year agoF1 brought the wrong tyre-supplier…
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoThey are designed to degrade like this for show. When the degradation is more than anticipated, it’s too late to get a different type compound since these things are planed way in advance
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoNo one else wants to supply tires to F1 while they’re designed to degrade quickly and predictably.
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F1 brought the wrong tyre-supplier…
They are designed to degrade like this for show. When the degradation is more than anticipated, it’s too late to get a different type compound since these things are planed way in advance
No one else wants to supply tires to F1 while they’re designed to degrade quickly and predictably.