Pirelli announce tyre choices for final races

22 comments on “Pirelli announce tyre choices for final races”

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   Steph (@)
   7th October 2011, 6:04

   Indian Grand Prix Soft Hard

   I just died inside.
   1. 

      Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
      7th October 2011, 8:24

      @steph That horrible sense of impeding doom, I presume?
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         Steph (@)
         7th October 2011, 9:43

         @magnificent-geoffrey something like that but doom would be a massive step up for Ferrari on the hard compund.
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            daykind (@)
            7th October 2011, 10:58

            @steph @magnificent-geoffrey Unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll win again, and the return of the hard tyre doesn’t help :(
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               wasiF1 (@wasif1)
               7th October 2011, 11:46

               @steph @magnificent-geoffrey @daykind fingers crossed.
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   Dev (@dev)
   7th October 2011, 6:22

   i think harder tire is called Prime, so for Indian GP it should be Hard – prime & Soft – option, Abu Dhabi: Medium – prime & Soft – option AND for Brazil: Medium – prime & Soft – option.
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      7th October 2011, 6:33

      @dev I only refer to the prime and option distinctions when it has something to add to the story, which it doesn’t here (it rarely does unless you’re talking about something in the rules).
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         Dev (@dev)
         7th October 2011, 6:51

         i think the softer tire is always called an option… you have put harder tire under the option column & softer tire under prime column. That is all what i was referring to.
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            Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
            7th October 2011, 7:13

            @dev I know it is, my point is it’s rarely a useful distinction so I usually ignore it.
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            BasCB (@bascb)
            7th October 2011, 13:32

            @dev I think the “option” “prime” thing only came to life because we had not had Pirelli introducing colouring yet and everyone needed some way to tell the world there were different compounds being used in the same session/race.

            Its just a (bad) habit and actually I always found it confusing, as the same compound was known as prime one weekend and as option another weekend. Its not even as if the “prime” compount is either used primarily or even more often.
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               Dev (@dev)
               7th October 2011, 14:11

               @bascb – agree with all said, but over a weekend teams get 6 sets of prime tires and 5 sets option tires. for Indian GP it seems that the tire allocation has be modified where teams will be given Soft compound as prime… & the harder compound as option. it’s normally the other way round. so teams get one set more of the softer tire for the practice sessions. don’t know why this was necessary. as for the Qualifications & Race teams get 4 sets of each so it does not really matter much.
      2. 

         Raj
         7th October 2011, 6:57

         Quote from formula1.com
         “At the Indian race, which takes place later this month, the soft tyre will be used as the prime compound along with the hard tyre as the option”

         It seems in FP1, teams can use soft tyre instead of hard so that they can guage it’s durability much better.
         1. 

            Mike (@mike)
            7th October 2011, 7:43

            Wow… You’re right. That’s very weird. This’ll do the casual fans heads in for sure :/

            Korea (Yeongam) – soft (prime), super-soft (option)
            India (New Delhi) – hard (option), soft (prime)
            Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina) – medium (prime), soft (option)
            1. 

               AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
               7th October 2011, 8:22

               @mike @raj Let’s hope they don’t eat through their allowance! Could one of you elaborate on the tyre usage restrictions in certain sessions for me? Looks like I’ve missed an important rule here.
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               Mike (@mike)
               7th October 2011, 16:17

               @AndrewTanner

               “Drivers will receive three sets (two prime, one option) to use in P1 and P2 and must return one set after each session. A further eight sets will then be at their disposal for the rest of the weekend, although one set of each specification must be handed back before qualifying.”

               From the official F1 site.

               The result is that for India they will lose one set of the harder tyre, but gain one more of the softer tyre compared to normal.

               Why are they doing this? I haven’t the foggiest.
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            Fixy (@)
            7th October 2011, 14:54

            Crazy!
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   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
   7th October 2011, 8:18

   Nice to see the super-soft getting a final outing. What a big, lovely void between hard and soft for India, that should get some heads scratched.
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      Raj
      7th October 2011, 9:06

      @andrew
      In FP1, teams can only run one set of prime tyres which usually happens to be hard tyre (slower). In FP2 & FP3, teams were given one prime & one soft. For Qualy & race 3 sets of prime & 3 sets of option. so total 11 sets/weekend (6 – prime, 5 – option). But unlike all races, In india teams will have 6 sets of faster tyre (soft) to 5 sets of slower tyres (hard).

      Trying to understand all these details some times makes me better not be so fanatic about F1 :)
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         AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
         7th October 2011, 13:05

         Thanks for clearing that up, @raj I knew there were rules in place but I wasn’t aware you could only (usually) use Primes during FP1.
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   Eggry (@eggry)
   7th October 2011, 9:56

   so hard returned. Ferrari would be suffered.
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      AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
      7th October 2011, 13:06

      @Eggry Yea, their best bet to get on the top step of the podium looks like it might be Korea.

      Chin up, @Steph ;)
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         Steph (@)
         7th October 2011, 13:22

         @AndrewTanner like I’ll ever give up on Ferrari :P I’m a Massa fan I’m used to hard times and desperately hoping for the best ;)

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