Friday, March 09, 2007
The wheel falling off of the wagon
On another rules change issue, I was just thinking about one of the tire rules. The rules state that the teams can change their tires at any point up until 3 minutes before the start. Doesn't this mean that all of the teams will do this. So you will have the teams all suddenly putting the tires on at the last minute on the start / finish line to try and gain some advantage.
I can see this procedure, with a lot of teams stretched because it's two drivers and only one pit crew, causing some last minute problems at the start of the season. They haven't had any real experience of it, and it's going to be all very last minute. I reckon there are going to be some starts with some cars not having all of their tires.
I can see this procedure, with a lot of teams stretched because it's two drivers and only one pit crew, causing some last minute problems at the start of the season. They haven't had any real experience of it, and it's going to be all very last minute. I reckon there are going to be some starts with some cars not having all of their tires.
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I was thinking about this too. They say it's unlikely we'll have a big red strip on the tyres, but instead perhaps a small white mark that when the tyre is moving you'll see it as a white band. Now, this gave me an idea to solve the problem you're talking about - what if the only way to distinguish the tyres was when they're moving? This way you can put your tyres on well advance on the grid, and no one will know what type they are until you start moving, when it's too late. I don't know the science for this, but it sounds fun...
I like it, good thinking. They could use an LED, by either having the power to the LED connected or not but always having the LED there it would be impossible to tell if the light was going to come on until the tire started moving.
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