I think the guys at Enstone have similar feelings.Lol..... I find that site so disturbing but funny at the same time.... I feel kind of guilty.
For this race Pirelli said the prime tyres should last 40 laps and they lasted 30 which is 25% less. They now say that tyres should have stint limits (50% of race distance for prime, 30% for option). 50% for Spa is 22 laps which is ~45% less than 40 laps.Vettel's failure was unacceptable. Pirelli must be able to give a tyre life estimate that that can't be off by more than 10%. In retrospect, it's nice at least that they've been honest about the failure beind due to wear only.
No because Pirelli pay Bernie a huge backhander to be the sole supplier.Btw, will Michelin capitalise on the two Pirelli failures this weekend?
So this deal should also be part of any complaint made to the European Commission.No because Pirelli pay Bernie a huge backhander to be the sole supplier.
For this race Pirelli said the prime tyres should last 40 laps and they lasted 30 which is 25% less. They now say that tyres should have stint limits (50% of race distance for prime, 30% for option). 50% for Spa is 22 laps which is ~45% less than 40 laps.
Apparently Pirelli already suggested something like that back in November 2013, a maximum number of laps that can be done on a certain compound, to be added to the rules. This was subsequently dismissed by the teams.
FYI - Hamilton's pole time beat the prior lap record set on this configuration of the circuit back on 2009, which show the rate of development with this configuration of F1 cars.