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Massa in Warsaw: We know we must improve in qualifying (Ferrari)

I’m losing a bit of faith in Ferrari. The car has been slow in qualifying ever since DRS and Pirelli were introduced in 2011, and no matter how […]

I agree, but Formula 1 cars need to become less aero dependent and more reliant on mechanical grip. I’d take traction control and ABS over double diffuser and blown exhaust any day, because this will allow closer […]

Thanks for putting this into perspective Keith: this whole situation is so confusing. Pirelli is pretty much trapped in a corner: no one likes the tyres, but changing them causes even more outrage. This is […]

Particularly when said three year old car was from the team that has been the best on its tires this year. I can’t imagine that that’s just a coincidence.

@liambo

If I were Ferrari and Lotus I wouldn’t even bother showing up in Canada.

Ordinarily I’d say they’d be in breach of contact by doing that and would have to pay Ecclestone but as the Concorde Agreement […]

Ferrari did win the next eight races after the Michelin rules change; I didn’t say anything about them all being in the same season.

@john-h +1! I really don’t think the governing bodies have actually been paying attention to what the fans really want: I’m almost entirely certain it isn’t this.

@motor_mad that isn’t Pirelli’s fault: the delaminations are, but the compounds are deliberately so as that was what was requested of them in they design brief (albeit not to this extent though). So the criticism […]

They wouldn’t care particularly about Lotus I wouldn’t imagine, but Ferrari maybe.

@timothykatz Tyre supplier contracts are three-year deals and Pirelli’s initial deal is up for renewal this year.

@lite992 The tyres were changed during the last few seasons and that wasn’t perceived to have affected the championship. There’s no reason why that should have to be the case this year. As long as we have one tyre […]

@bendana yes, I do very much like the way “it” bascially called F1 fans stupid, despite having a complete lack of foresight itself. Very awesome.

@thebladerunner it’s too late now for it, but what I think Pirelli should do for next season is have all the compounds essentially finalised by September of this year, hence allowing teams the time to use them in […]

To be honest, I think the whole situation was blown way put of proportion because everybody assumed it was Pirelli bowing down to Red Bull despite the fact they acknowledged the problem themselves. I don’t see how […]

@sars was that the excuse?

@matt90 Yes I meant “Red Bull”, changed it, thanks.

I agree, the delamination problem needs to be fixed though, as it could prove very dangerous.

I think this article assumes that the changes made to the tyres in 2011 & 12 were pushed through by Pirelli without the consent of all the teams. As far as I understand it, the FIA are basing their decision to […]