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#1 Darren1

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:37

Without turning this into Pirelli bashing (After all, it was started before them), what's the opinion of us all knowing what compounds the cars are on?

 

During the rose tinted days of Goodyear, nobody knew what drivers were running through practice and races.  In my opinion this gave an element of surprise.  Remember drivers going "Long" on a hard set of tyres, (Say Nannini at Hockenheim '90, and the sudden realisation that he wasn't going to stop made a race of it....).

 

While the markings give something to talk about (And additional coverage for the supplier), it really allows teams to know all of the preparation in free practice, how fast and heavy cars are, how long they can go etc etc etc.  We basically know the race before it's started.

 

Am I the only one who would rather not know and have an element of surprise or guesswork, or do people like knowing what drivers are running?



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#2 f1paul

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:39

So you want us to guess what tyres people are on? F1 isn't a game, it's a sport!



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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:40

Without turning this into Pirelli bashing (After all, it was started before them), what's the opinion of us all knowing what compounds the cars are on?

 

During the rose tinted days of Goodyear, nobody knew what drivers were running through practice and races.  In my opinion this gave an element of surprise.  Remember drivers going "Long" on a hard set of tyres, (Say Nannini at Hockenheim '90, and the sudden realisation that he wasn't going to stop made a race of it....).

 

While the markings give something to talk about (And additional coverage for the supplier), it really allows teams to know all of the preparation in free practice, how fast and heavy cars are, how long they can go etc etc etc.  We basically know the race before it's started.

 

Am I the only one who would rather not know and have an element of surprise or guesswork, or do people like knowing what drivers are running?

I think you're the only one! 



#4 Marklar

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:40

F1 isn't a game, it's a sport!

Really? I thought it was a show

#5 f1paul

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:41

Really? I thought it was a show

Or a business 



#6 blackhand2010

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 15:47

Whilst I think fans deserve to know what compound people are on, I think the ways F1 presents this info is sometimes... odd.

Remember when Bridgestone painted in the grooves of their tyres...?

Didn't really occur to me at the time, but looking back, dear God it made the sport look amateurish.

 

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#7 Whleroy

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 20:48

I don't ever remember the drivers' tyre choice being a secret, we just had to rely on the commentators to tell us what was being used. They could use a mixed set too, say Bs on the back and Cs on the front.

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Posted 30 September 2016 - 10:34

I don't ever remember the drivers' tyre choice being a secret, we just had to rely on the commentators to tell us what was being used. They could use a mixed set too, say Bs on the back and Cs on the front.

Prior to the tyres being marked no one outside of the teams knew what was being run. That led to a lot of complaints and hence the colour coding.

#9 superden

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Posted 30 September 2016 - 10:41

Whilst I think fans deserve to know what compound people are on, I think the ways F1 presents this info is sometimes... odd.
Remember when Bridgestone painted in the grooves of their tyres...?
Didn't really occur to me at the time, but looking back, dear God it made the sport look amateurish.

Bridgestone_Make_Cars_Green_tyres_2008_J


Grooved tyres.

*shudder*

#10 7MGTEsup

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Posted 30 September 2016 - 11:16

Without turning this into Pirelli bashing (After all, it was started before them), what's the opinion of us all knowing what compounds the cars are on?

 

During the rose tinted days of Goodyear, nobody knew what drivers were running through practice and races.  In my opinion this gave an element of surprise.  Remember drivers going "Long" on a hard set of tyres, (Say Nannini at Hockenheim '90, and the sudden realisation that he wasn't going to stop made a race of it....).

 

While the markings give something to talk about (And additional coverage for the supplier), it really allows teams to know all of the preparation in free practice, how fast and heavy cars are, how long they can go etc etc etc.  We basically know the race before it's started.

 

Am I the only one who would rather not know and have an element of surprise or guesswork, or do people like knowing what drivers are running?

 

Sounds like a good idea to me, leaves the other teams guessing on what you're doing. 

 

Might make for a few surprises on race day.

 

Seems people don't like surprises (even though they moan about boring races)