[Captain Ahab Jr]

Tyres, tires, tyres, can't tell you how many race debriefs I've sat through where the main topic was tyres, tires, tyres

Think the problem is F1 cars are so quick now, with a huge increase in aero loads with the ground effect era, chassis weight increase due to improved safety and with the heavy hybrid PU's being so heavy with high regeneration cycles the tyres during the race are easily the weakest link to flat out racing

Not sure how F1 cornering/braking loads or tyre compounds compare to WEC, IMSA, MotoGP or Indy but I'd imagine the performance envelope F1 tyres have to survive is a much harsher world

Teams and drivers have no choice but to manage tyre wear so carefully to avoid one pit stop too many which puts them out of the race

Sorry, don't have any answers but I miss the V10, unlimited testing, no budget constraints, tyre war era, life was much simpler and racing more exciting back then

Count myself very lucky to have experienced 8yrs of working in this golden era of F1

FIA are doing their best to steer the technical regs back to smaller, lighter weight cars. Really hoping synthetic fuel advances will get F1 back to IC only engines as EV only F1 will be the death of F1