Will They Go BOOM? !!!

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German F1 GP this weekend!!

I wonder ...... ? !!

There is a rumoured potential walkout if tyres do start failing.

It was stated that the reversal of tyres was simply to prolong tyre life - which is one of the fundamental problems anyway.
Asymmetric road tyres are not directional as far as I'm aware - you don't buy 2 LH and 2 RH tyres, so how come these are?
Same question I posed in the previous post, if the tyres had been reversed, and the outer walls are stronger, how is it that the INNER walls were failing?

The CAMBER issue was 2 years ago I thought, with Red Bull using wild angles to make their cars more 'darty'.

Back to the race, let's see how it goes - defo needs Lewis to plant it on pole and WIN for once - maybe 'Baby Hun's luck is changing...

Al.
 
they're bringing in the kevlar belted revised tire tested in Canada for this weekend agreed by all the teams.

why teams would mount an asymmetric tire backwards is beyond me...asking for trouble...wouldn't even consider doing that on my 3000gt TT
 
Things are hotting up nicely.
hopefully BabyHun aka 'The Finger' will have more bad luck - he's owed 5 years of it now!! - and Lewis can get the job done.

I made a mistake earlier.
Asymmetric are certainly not Directional, but they do routinely have 'Outside' on their walls, so there is a right and wrong way of fitting them.

Let's see what happens this weekend.
They're going for Soft and Medium I think, so ....

I genuinely hope not.
Fortunately the family was out when Lewis' tyre went - my language was not the best I've ever used!!!

Al.
 
i feel for Lewis, he's proved he's probably the fastest driver many times i reckon and he just has the shittiest luck...back on pole again so hopefully he can get on the top step again...vettel does need some of webbers luck just to open up the championship

everyone scoffed at Lewis last year but his move to merc is proving to have been a very good one, mclaren are heading down to join williams in strugglesville...how the mighty have fallen in the last 2-3seasons, sad to see
 
Very true.
Sorry for the Maccas - seems as if they've written off this season as a 'bad rash', 'though doubly sorry for Williams.

Agreed, Lewis was hammered for his change, but his persistence to be 'the fastest' seems to have moved Mercedes on.
AL
 
Great job of qualifying by LH.
Finger had to 'overdrive' to get close, hence his mistakes - going a bit wide.
The race was different - 10C+ hotter, with relatively unknown tyres, but effects similar to previous - fast degradation.
The Lotii ran well, keeping the RB's in check
The Ferraris did as well as they could hope for, with Alonso overdriving.
Finger was made to work, but work he did - rare praise from me to him, but good job.
What happened with Webber's wheel I've no idea, but we can all be thankful that the cameraman is OK - that was a big hit with the wheel.
Al.
 
i thought kimi might catch him but lotus messed up, should have moved grosjean over as soon as kimi got into the dirty air...he spent 2 laps following him before passing
of course webber got the rough end of the bad luck pineapple yet again
merc still have tire issues unfortunately...as usual eyebrow drove beyond the car under him

hopefully with the huge shakeup in regs next year things will get closer and there'll be more wheel to wheel stuff at the front but as mentioned today by Coultard, fuel and kers management will join tire management so i have low hopes ...
whatever happened to a sprint from start to finish, way way too much emphasis on strategy and managing tires at present. it's supposed to be formula one, the pinnacle of track racing, not formula risk. must be real frustrating for the drivers not being able to go 100% all race
 
I like the 'Eyebrow' bit!
What if Bernie had a brainstorm and deregulated all of these things - decent tyres, no fuel refills but quantity at team's choice, KERS .... that's another thing!
Still would have fantastic power and racing with the 1.6 V6 turbos!!

Al.

Oh, and MANUAL gear changes!!
 
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