Comments on: Tyre compounds for first five races of 2009

By: Chris Reynolds

Chris Reynolds — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:39:38 +0000

Bahrain is the only one I question….Too hot for softies.

By: Internet

Internet — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:43:45 +0000

I am fine with the two compound rule. But I just wished they let the actual teams decide which two compounds they want to run rather than BS.

By: S Hughes

S Hughes — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:27:38 +0000

In the official F1 review book for last year, the McLaren engineer said that Heikki used his tyres very badly and didn’t mention Lewis’ bad tyre management. Why all the hoo ha about Lewis’ tyre management all the time? Fed up with it!

By: sumedh

sumedh — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:51:45 +0000

Nice spot, Paige.

But yeah; it is good to have more of a performance difference

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:22:50 +0000

All this talk of Lewis being hard on his tires, you have to think that McLaren will have taken that into account by now when designing the car so as to balance it with his style…

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:25 +0000

Not necessarily — at too many races last year, the complaint from teams and drivers is that the two tyre choices are more or less identical, and it’s really hard to choose between them.

A two-gradation difference would probably be beneficial on both ends: the teams that either are very soft on tires (they can run the super softs) or that need harder tires (anyone Lewis is driving for…)

By: matt

matt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:11:27 +0000

another unecessary level of complexity isnt it? this is the kind of thing in f1 that really annoys me. that and painting them green. my god, i hate the politics.

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:02:19 +0000

It’s pretty weird that they’re mixing Super Soft with Medium and Soft with Hard. Usually in the past, they have paired a tire with the next hardest/softest compound. (I.E. Hard-Medium, Medium-Soft, Soft-Super Soft)

This is going to complicate things for the teams big time. It’s going to make it much harder for them to find the balance between getting the most out of the tires and preserving them.

By: zplol

zplol — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:03:34 +0000

I wonder if redbull’s new (old!) pull rod design is going to help with this…

By: todd

todd — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:53:36 +0000

I’d say most bets are off with the new rules, its all a bit different with tire loads now that mechanical grip is higher, who’s to say ferrari’s new chassis still works better with softer compounds.