Fernando Alonso: New Pirelli tyres would obstruct top running teams in 2011 – Formula 1 news
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso believes that the new tyre compounds introduced by the new lone tyre suppliers of the 2011 Formula 1 season Pirelli are going to make racing more difficult for the top running teams a lot.
Since the FIA wanted Formula 1 to become even more entertaining in 2011 and since most of the fans did not like the ‘pit stop’ concept in the 2011 Formula 1 season, the new compounds introduced by Pirelli are going to wear out more easily than the Bridgestones
of 2010.
Pirelli has created some aggressive tyre compounds for its debut year in order to increase the overtaking rate as compared to the 2010 Formula 1 season.
However, Fernando stated that the 2011 Formula 1 season is going to be quite unpredictable as a result, the top running teams and drivers will be obstructed from giving a promising performance.
“From what we have seen so far, degradation is very significant, which means we will have races with lots of pit stops,” Alonso said in Madrid on Monday.
He added that the only solution for this problem is to try to ensure that the team has a fast car race after race with the perfect car setup. Either way, this would not decrease the number of pit stops each driver has to take in each race.
On the other hand, the 2010 Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel also stated that the tyres wear out more than it was expected.
“The problem is that they degrade too quickly. By lap 16 or 17 they're falling apart. The problem is that after a certain number of laps the tyre is finished, no matter what the driver does,” said Sebastian.
Other than that, Force India’s Adrian Sutil also talked about the degradation of the new Pirelli tyres.
“It's like being in a touring car. [Or] like being on intermediates. I've tried to drive differently, say 20% slower at the beginning, and that gives you maybe on more lap. We will probably all be pitting at the same time, and quite often,” he said.
He added that since the teams will be provided with a limited amount of dry tyres per driver, the teams would avoid running more than they used to during the free practice sessions on Friday and Saturday.
However, it is going to be interesting to see how the new changes have affected the sport after the first grand prix takes place which is expected to take place in Australia on March 27, 2011 since the Bahrain Grand Prix has been postponed and the season
has been delayed for two weeks.
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