Softest tyres chosen for Monaco and Canada

16 comments on “Softest tyres chosen for Monaco and Canada”

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   wsrgo (@wsrgo)
   11th April 2014, 16:56

   I didn’t know Montreal has such low lateral load. The track is abrasive too…why go for the softest compounds?
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      Dave (@)
      11th April 2014, 17:03

      Montreal has always been allocated softer tyres
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      sato113 (@sato113)
      11th April 2014, 18:19

      yes i’ve never understood how the 2010 race tore up bullet proof Bridgestones, yet the fast degrading Pirelli super softs of the last few years haven’t had the same issue.
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         John H (@john-h)
         11th April 2014, 20:46

         Wasn’t that the year when the track surface was at its worst?
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      frood19 (@frood19)
      12th April 2014, 12:07

      it’s not just down to the abrasiveness of the track. grip level has a huge amount to do with it – if the track is low grip then the cars slide more (including wheelspin) and degradation is higher. an abrasive surface may not be quite so damaging if it is grippy. also, the track layout determines a lot of the wear (eg. barcelona or turkey has high wear because of the huge lateral loads, whereas montreal has high wear because of the longitudinal loads (braking and accelerating)
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   Sri Harsha (@harsha)
   11th April 2014, 17:25

   Well This year we are less talking about tires than any of Pirelli come-back year so its a good thing whether they choose conservative or Optimal compounds.
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      @HoHum (@hohum)
      11th April 2014, 18:59

      Less but still too much, and the reason there has been less has been the more conservative approach .
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         Sri Harsha (@harsha)
         12th April 2014, 6:10

         I think the only conservative choice they made is for Spain and Sepang which is notorious on tires i wished they went to 2011 or 2012 Choices for those tracks but with the New Engines in test its safe to go for conservative than aggressive and have more talk on tires than engines and other things
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   @HoHum (@hohum)
   11th April 2014, 18:51

   GREAT :-( We can forget about lap long battles for position then, without rain or a saftey car to reduce the number of laps the cars have to use the tyres for this will become another poor race, but hey we can always blame the exhaust sound.
   I just wish that Jenson had never caught and passed Vettel at the lend of that race, 1 pass because of worn tyres and we have been subject to 3 years of mostly poor racing while drivers nurse their tyres and refuse to get into battles for track posion.
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      @HoHum (@hohum)
      11th April 2014, 18:53

      position not posion
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      Jason Norwood
      11th April 2014, 19:23

      Err mate that was on pirelli’s when jenson caught and passed vettel.
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         Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
         11th April 2014, 22:25

         In 2011? It was indeed on Pirelli’s, but the issue there was not degredation but the wet conditions.
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         anon
         12th April 2014, 20:46

         And in the case of Vettel versus Button, it was driver error that allowed Button to get past. As for supposedly not battling on track, it would seem that somebody didn’t tell the drivers in Bahrain about that…
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   BJ (@beejis60)
   11th April 2014, 23:58

   Who on the grid runs Motegi wheels? That’s hilarious; didn’t think they made a good wheel whatsoever, let alone a wheel for F1…
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      BJ (@beejis60)
      11th April 2014, 23:59

      Well, it looks like FI just struck the partnership for this season…
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   Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
   17th May 2014, 10:19

   10 Day Forecast according to Google suggest rain for Monaco
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   In Thursday’s Practice
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   On Saturday for Quali
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   On Sunday for the race

   What do you think we could be in for this time around?

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