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@Poul +1

@poul I don’t think anyone foresaw downforce hurting the tyres. That is highly unusual, as in pretty much every case downforce prevents slip which helps the tyres! Also, in terms of their own data the teams only […]

@poul no I don’t sadly, however it can be assumed they took that route due to their inferior budget.

@poul FOM might have asked such thing but then the teams should have had the tyres before they started designing their cars. Else it is not balancing, it’s lottery.

@poul well the chances are a changed copound would heat up quicker yet still provide greater durability. There’s also on the flip side though the fact all the teams know to a certain extent these current compounds […]

@poul It turns out tyres are not the same for everybody. It’s not any team’s fault that Pirelli made tyres that can not handle the levels of DF of an F1 car :)

@poul forgive me if I’m mistaken, but haven’t Pirelli just confirmed the tyre allocations? If so, they haven’t “changed” anything!

@poul, no, you obviously didn’t read my point correctly. I said you cannot develop the tyres, very much unlike aero, or power trains, or composites, or electronics…

That said though, what you are suggesting […]

@poul that’s a void argument though because a team cannot develop the tyres!

However, @everyone I do agree that the tyre choices for Hungary are unnecessarily conservative, however that said it’s just one race!

@poul yes, you are :)
Air does not change every year. The TD of Air does not arrange secret tests with some teams to show them new models of air. Is this context enough?

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True but who said there was? What I mean is the fastest lap in the race is run on low fuel levels so the times shouldn’t be that much off those in qualifying. The 7% difference shows pretty well how much […]

@poul The reason Pirelli haven’t changed their tires until now is because Pirelli by their own admission didn’t get them right, they aimed for 2-3 stops and got 4 and we have seen a few delaminations plus Alonso […]

@poul the intention was that DRS was supposed to be a stop-gap for major changes to the 2014 rules which would reduce overall downforce levels, but sadly the FIA have decided for us that we like DRS and that we […]

If you want you can now order it according to points / start – just click at the title of the column @poul, Button ends up in 27th, one behind Massa. Its possible he would drop further down with the points per […]

@poul – indeed: he’s been much better this year so far though (it is early days though) and Vettel’s been far enough ahead in qualifying anyway. ;)

@poul – fair enough! I just hope Grosjean isn’t the deciding factor! ;)

@poul + 1 a rare piece with a bunch of refreshing observations – but sadly for most people things ARE what they seem. artificial team orders are a kinda taboo subject most people view it in the same light as […]

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The reason we have team open orders is because they are absolutely impossible to police

That’s what those who opposed the team orders ban would like to have us believe, but it isn’t the case.

During […]

@poul were points possible had he pitted though? he would have been at the back…and a long way behind even the guy running in 21st, a few laps later he would have had to pit again for slicks…im really not sure […]

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I don’t really belive Piquet has ever tried to destroy’s senna’s image. But I do understand how he could be frustrated that Senna is rated so high, whereas he is not, even though his achievments speak […]