@bwoah@lemmy.worldM to Formula 1@lemmy.world • 9 months ago[Tobi Gruner] FIA has set a limit of max 18 laps for new tyre sets in the race today. That means 3 pit stops will be mandatory for each driver.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1image[Tobi Gruner] FIA has set a limit of max 18 laps for new tyre sets in the race today. That means 3 pit stops will be mandatory for each driver.lemmy.world@bwoah@lemmy.worldM to Formula 1@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@supercriticalcheese@feddit.itlinkfedilink11•9 months agoThey are designed to degrade like this for show. When the degradation is more than anticipated, it’s too late to get a different type compound since these things are planed way in advance
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoNo one else wants to supply tires to F1 while they’re designed to degrade quickly and predictably.
![[Tobi Gruner] FIA has set a limit of max 18 laps for new tyre sets in the race today. That means 3 pit stops will be mandatory for each driver.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4e4c90ee-5fc8-4e50-b048-f97b1ebcb5d6.png){kind=link}
F1 brought the wrong tyre-supplier…
They are designed to degrade like this for show. When the degradation is more than anticipated, it’s too late to get a different type compound since these things are planed way in advance
No one else wants to supply tires to F1 while they’re designed to degrade quickly and predictably.