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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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Well, he covered all the statements you have made and during the race. But, that's what he's paid to do. So we can conclude that the current belts are good enough for everywhere but the high speeds of Silverstone? I do understand that the drivers were using the turn out rumble strips exiting at high speeds. With the car loaded like that one can assume the tires were deformed a bit and the strips were attacking the sidewall.
That alone may have been the reason to inflate to higher pressures and nothing to do with inside tread wear. That was so last week.
