Silverstone

[d000hg]

Hard to call. Nice from Lewis though.

[d000hg]

Hmm, since it wasn't officially a wet race do they have to use both hard/soft slick tyres even though they started on wet tyres?

[d000hg]

LOL @ Button

[Zippy]

Hmm, since it wasn't officially a wet race do they have to use both hard/soft slick tyres even though they started on wet tyres?

They started on intermediate (not wet) tyres so they don't have to use them again. Feeling pretty sorry for Jenson as he was going well.

[d000hg]

They started on intermediate (not wet) tyres so they don't have to use them again. Feeling pretty sorry for Jenson as he was going well.

Intermediate are wet tyres. Is the rule on using both types based on using at least 2 different tyre types, or based on the official classification of the race as being wet? In a wet race you can use only full wet or only intermediate, which seems to confuse the issue.

[centurian]

Intermediate are wet tyres.

Intermediate used to be called 'wets' - and 'extreme wets' used for the deeper grooved tyres that are currently called 'wets', but then people got confused which variant of wet tyres being were talking about.

Is the rule on using both types based on using at least 2 different tyre types, or based on the official classification of the race as being wet? In a wet race you can use only full wet or only intermediate, which seems to confuse the issue.

Not sure on the exact wording of the rules, but I think it's based on using 2 different types of tyre - the exception being that using wets/inters throughout is allowed.

I think a driver could use inter's on a bone dry track - and would then only need to use one dry compound. Would be suicidal strategy, but I think it's allowed.

[Zippy]

Intermediate used to be called 'wets' - and 'extreme wets' used for the deeper grooved tyres that are currently called 'wets', but then people got confused which variant of wet tyres being were talking about.



Not sure on the exact wording of the rules, but I think it's based on using 2 different types of tyre - the exception being that using wets/inters throughout is allowed.

I think a driver could use inter's on a bone dry track - and would then only need to use one dry compound. Would be suicidal strategy, but I think it's allowed.

Yeah, sorry d000hg I thought you were talking about full wet tyres.

[VectraMan]

I think a driver could use inter's on a bone dry track - and would then only need to use one dry compound. Would be suicidal strategy, but I think it's allowed.

Probably yes. But it's right that having used intermediate or even full wet tyres they don't have to use both types of dry tyre.

[Zippy]

Watching the F1 forum now and Mr C Horner is talking complete bollox re the Webber/Vettel overtaking thing. Webber was clearly faster than Vettel so why not order Sebastian to pull over and let him through? It wouldn't have changed the lead in the F1 championship but it would have strengthened the second place in drivers championship. It wouldn't have lead to an accident because Vettel would have been 'following orders for the team'.
Red Bull are trying to do a hatchet job on Webber (and apparently want to sign Jenson).

[VectraMan]

Watching the F1 forum now and Mr C Horner is talking complete bollox re the Webber/Vettel overtaking thing. Webber was clearly faster than Vettel so why not order Sebastian to pull over and let him through? It wouldn't have changed the lead in the F1 championship but it would have strengthened the second place in drivers championship. It wouldn't have lead to an accident because Vettel would have been 'following orders for the team'.
Red Bull are trying to do a hatchet job on Webber (and apparently want to sign Jenson).

WHS. They always say "it's the team that counts", in which case it doesn't matter who finishes first. He also said there'd certainly be an accident, which suggests his star German driver would deliberately crash rather than give up the place - hardly being a team player now is it? If there were going to be team orders perhaps it should have been a "Mark is faster than you. " moment.