With yesterday’s Pirelli announcement of the individual tyre choices for the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, I wanted to take a few minutes to try and simplify and explain the 2016 tyre regulations, and how they might play out at the first race weekend.
Using chocolate and colouring pens.
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Thanks for explaining, now off for some chocolates.
Great explanation Will! I’ll show it to my daughter (6) later to see if it makes sense to her too!
Whenever I explain any iteration of qualifying to her she always says its silly that that fastest car starts at the front. Surely that makes it boring….
Can we put her on the Strategy Group please?
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It is as clear as mud. At several stages I thought that I’d rather eat the chocs, the end became clearer.
There seem to be more tyres than I envisaged BUT what if things don’t run smoothly and more tyres are required in Quali, particularly for the top places. The race strategy sounds interesting!
Very good explanation Will. Just upgrade that camera for next time 😉
Like I told you, it’s simple…
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Have they dropped the requirement to start on the fastest tires from Q2? If not, I can’t see them starting on the medium
As clear as chocolate should be added to the idiom of F1. Excellent explanation but I would also like to know if the use of Inters or Wets impacts the drivers choice or tyre availability over a weekend.
Thanks for this, Will. Still some confusion but I’m much farther along than I was. Love the visual aids!
Thanks for this, Will. Still a bit confusing but I’m understanding the whole thing much better now. Love the visual aids!
Really my biggest confusion is how you still have chocolate left from Christmas. 🙂
I’m hungry.
Actually cleared it up quite well. Will, I was wondering what your thoughts are regarding Force India. Owners in jail and on the lam, Aston now with RBR. Will they last?
I heard Pirelli is going to use dark chocolate,milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate in 2017. I could have misheard it though.
And f1 takes another step toward irrelevance.
The new qualifying rules are a joke. Unlike Buxton thinks f1 isn’t about the show, its about the best of the best battling, any rule that detracts is a leap in the wrong direction. If f1 isn’t setting lap records, it ain’t worth my time
I heard Pirelli was going to use three tires next year. Dark chocolate, Milk chocolate, and semi sweet. I could be wrong though.
Pirelli is coming out with its new compounds this season. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and semi-sweet.
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