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Originally Posted by javadog
1. I'm not sure Scott is up to speed on current events in F1, at least when I read his initial response. Read it again, it's overly-simplistic viewpoint is what I was questioning.
2. Pirelli used steel belts in last year's tires, as opposed to the Kevlar belts used this year. They wanted to bring steel-belted tires to Silverstone this year but the teams basically blocked them. They changed their bonding method instead, as a next-best alternative. You find it odd that the FIA has now changed it's tune about using a 2013 car for tire testing, or that the teams are *****ing at Pirelli, after blocking Pirelli's move to prevent this exact problem? I do.
3. I have no idea why you mention Leigh, as I didn't bring up anything he said...
JR
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Wait a minute now, I think you have it backwards. In fact the autosport link you posted states as much. Steel is being
this year, Kevlar was used
last year:
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This shockwave is something that can be exacerbated with the kind of steel belt design that has been introduced for this year, which is why the kerb factors were not a problem in 2012 when Pirelli's tyres featured a Kevlar belt.
With the steel-belt tyres running around 10-degrees centigrade hotter than last year's Kevlar version, any temperature increase caused by the shockwaves will have put the rubber closer to the danger zone.
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Just so we're all on the same page.
