Tyres - not convinced
Discussion
so big anouncement.
18" from 2021
3 compounds, fast degredation
no blankets
I'm not convinced the tyre strategy itself is right.
deg seems mightily high, loss of 2s of laptime over 10% race distance on soft, at silverstone, lets say 7 laps at a supposed 2.2s/lap faster than hard is 15.4s which is less than a pitstop and will continue to degrade faster than the hard before you take into consideration the warm up, for those 7 laps, how much time will be lost getting heat into them out of the pits?
Can someone convince me this is a good idea when trying to reduce costs.
New cars for 2020 to deal with new aero and possible engine requirements.
New cars for 2021 to deal with new tyres due to;
reduced width (complete Aero redesign)
increased overall diameter and circumference (will raise car so suspension redesign needed or ride heigh goes up and floor based aero is less effective)
Reduction in sidewall affects bump absorbtion (softer suspension to cope? cars will have wider window ride height during lap as softer springs will compress more under aero load.
the big teams with big budgets are going to benefit, the small teams have to decide on a car for 2020 or a car for 2021
18" from 2021
3 compounds, fast degredation
no blankets
I'm not convinced the tyre strategy itself is right.
deg seems mightily high, loss of 2s of laptime over 10% race distance on soft, at silverstone, lets say 7 laps at a supposed 2.2s/lap faster than hard is 15.4s which is less than a pitstop and will continue to degrade faster than the hard before you take into consideration the warm up, for those 7 laps, how much time will be lost getting heat into them out of the pits?
Can someone convince me this is a good idea when trying to reduce costs.
New cars for 2020 to deal with new aero and possible engine requirements.
New cars for 2021 to deal with new tyres due to;
reduced width (complete Aero redesign)
increased overall diameter and circumference (will raise car so suspension redesign needed or ride heigh goes up and floor based aero is less effective)
Reduction in sidewall affects bump absorbtion (softer suspension to cope? cars will have wider window ride height during lap as softer springs will compress more under aero load.
the big teams with big budgets are going to benefit, the small teams have to decide on a car for 2020 or a car for 2021
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