gkmotorsport wrote:
You are aware that Pirelli have to design their tyres to very strict requirements handed to them by the FIA, which cement their performance into a certain window, and that the teams all know this?
All I know is the extremelly vague talk from Pirelli that FIA allegedly ask them to bring tyres that degrade fast and therefore require some 2-3 pitstops.
If they can't produce tyres that work on a wider temperature range, that's down to their capability, I would say, because I simply can't see FIA requiring them to make tyres that works properly only in a small temperature window.
The thing is: it's very difficult to come up with a chemical compound which has roughly the same physical characteristics over a broad temperature range. It involves tones of research by top chemists and the know how varies quite a lot through out all these tyre manufacturers as they have very different resources/money to invest on their's R&D departments.
StanV wrote:
Ellu wrote:
I feel sorry for Pirelli that the regulations are turning their brand into crap. I've been through 2 sets of P-Zero Nero's in 5 years and 150.000k and never had any complaint. There said, i think that our road tyres have a different compound haha ;-)
There are still so many people thinking Pirelli honestly can't do better than what they are obliged to do in F1. Yet I don't see anyone doubting Renault engines in street cars either.
Pirelli is the 5th tyre company in the world, so their tyres are good. Smaller companies, than Pirelli, like Korea's Kumho or Hankook also can produce good tyres.
The thing is that, when it comes to overall quality, Pirelli tyres usually are worse than those of the larger companies(Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear and Continental) as it is to be expected.
Check this survey results from the biggest tire retailer in the world:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyres ... sp?type=MP
