Wizzie wrote:Peter wrote:Formula 1 has become so artificial now. We have these super-quick degrading tyres and a bathplug moveable rear wing. Everytime I hear "DRS" on TV ,I just look the other way, it's just appalling. If you're within 1 second os someone when overtaking you just get to fly on past. It takes the skill out of overtaking. Instead of haring "Kobayashi just did a marvelous pass on Schumacher from a long way back." it's "Kobayashi uses the DRS and just soars past Schumacher, and there's nothing Michael can do about it."
The tyres I can bear a bit more, but it's not "whose the fastest?" anymore, it's just "who can nurse their tyres the best and whose car is gentlest on tyres." Nothing wrong with that if the tyres last more than 10 laps, but when they go shot after 10 laps, that's jsut silly. It wouldn't provide Pirelli with a good outward image either, would it? The Bridgestones will forever be known as the tyres that could go an entire race distance, while the Pirellis are those that could go a whole 10 laps. Really doesn't make me want to put Pirellis on my car when I get one. Plus the marbles, they are a safety hazard and hurt the drivers and the cars. Brake ducts get clogged, and so do radiators. And they decide to bring only the super soft and soft tyres to Montreal. The SS and S tyres which only have a maximum distance of 6 and 12 laps at best on a normal track, will wear in about half the time at Montreal, unless the track isn't green like it was last year. The track easily had more than twice the amounts of pitstops of any race last year, with 3 and 4 stopping Pirellis as is, the drivers are better off doing no running on any practices and qualifying to save tyres for the race.
The FIA and Pirelli are a bunch of idiots.
The issue with the DRS at Turkey are probably a one-off and Pirelli made the tyres so they WOULD wear out on purpose that quickly.
I know about the tyres, but they need to know when to much is too much. The super softs last 6 laps at best. Softs 10 on average, 12 if you behave. Taking only those to a 70 lap race will equal about 6 stops if the circuit isn't green like it was last year. if it is, then God help the pit crew.
The DRS shouldn't be put in primary overtaking spots on tracks. There would be enough passing into those spots anyway, the DRS makes too much passing into those spots. It should be put in secondary overtaking spots unless on tracks where there is only 1 possible overtaking spot eg. the run down through the Tunnel at Monaco. For Turkey, it would be put on the straight after turn 8. China, the short straight after turn 1. Malaysia, the straight after turn 1, or the one after the double apex corner into the tight kink. Australia, after turn 11-12(the esses where Button passed Massa).