Which tires are better?

urbanmoose3 said:Oh, absolutely.🙄 They’d be lagging behind by at least ten seconds, considering they haven't even touched R&D in that department for nearly a decade now.

And if I recall correctly, they only folded because they were bleeding money constantly and getting absolutely crushed by Bridgestone..

urbanmoose3 said:I think they went under because they were constantly bleeding money, especially after Bridgestone completely dominated them.

Nice try! But I don't buy it. 😁

urbanmoose3 said:Way to go! Take a seat, rookie.😁

Thanks, thanks... does that mean I get to move up to the senior instructors now? 😁

urbanmoose3 said:Sure, just look at the last ten minutes and you'll get the exact same results.

👍

Raymond Carter2 said:👍

🙂

When I take a moment to step back and look at the whole picture... maybe a direct comparison isn't even feasible here. It seems Ferrari is the only top-tier team currently running on the hard compounds, while all their main rivals are sticking to the medium tires...

The way I see it, Ferrari has engineered their entire suspension system specifically to optimize those harder tires, whereas everyone else has built their setups around the mediums... and they're managing to pull that off with about a 90% performance overlap regardless of the compound. Now, if you try to bring Sauber or Minardi into this by looking at how they handle the hard tires, you aren't really getting a valid baseline for comparison. If we had a scenario where Williams and Ferrari were both on the hards while Renault and McLaren were on the mediums, then we’d have a balanced 2:2 comparison that actually makes sense. As it stands, we can't tell if the hard tires are truly superior or if the Ferrari car is just exceptionally good and making the tires look better than they are.

Honestly, I've managed to talk myself into a bit of a muddle now... I'm losing my own train of thought.
I think it's time for me to head to bed. 😁

Carol Ortiz4 said:Looking at the whole picture... maybe the comparison doesn't even work... Ferrari is the only top team on the hard compounds, while everyone else is fighting on the mediums...

Exactly.