John Innis wrote:
> Bottom line, the rule has a good basis for existence. I feel that the
> Michilen teams should have taken the penalty and changed tires during
> their pit stops.
>
> John
>
> On 6/20/05, Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com> wrote:
>
>>Probably the best
>>choice was cancelling the stupid one tire rule for this race (or better
>>yet, forever).
I think the one-tire rule is collosally stupid.
John laid out some very good reasons for requiring cars to *start* the
race on the same tires they ran in qualifying. As to impounding, as I
understand it F1 impounds the whole car between qualifying and the race,
because you have to start the race with whatever fuel was left after
qualifying.
But all of the other series allow tire *changes* without penalty. Not F1.
I think this Fiasco combined with Raikonnen's crash at the Nurburgring
highlight the problem with penalizing tire changes.*
-Zandr
*For those who don't follow F1, Raikonnen flatspotted a tire badly
enough that it shook apart the suspension on that corner of the car,
sending him into the wall in a shower of shattered carbon fiber
suspension bits.
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