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| The tyre rules | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 24 2007, 05:23 PM (267 Views) | |
| ppparkinson9 | Jul 24 2007, 05:23 PM Post #1 |
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Agostini and Valentino Rossi have been pretty vocal in the aftermath of the Bridgestone dominated USGP. So what should happen? I'm not in favour of control tyres, but maybe the allocation should be raised. |
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| dcoulthard19 | Jul 24 2007, 05:40 PM Post #2 |
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In last few races I have watched the race has been decided by the tyres and not the bikes and riders therefore you have a problem. In the US Rossi was a logn way back and not fighting at the front like everyone would want him to. Last year the tyres didn't seem to have as noticeable an impact like they are this year so maybe change back to whatever it was last year. However I am in favour of control tyres personnally, the championship should be between the bike makers/engine makers and the riders, you can have a great rider and a great bike, but crap tyres and you are utterly screwed. Not very fair. At the end of the day the championship is between the riders and the constructors not between the bike manufacturers. However some teams probably hire an external source to develop their engines but there is far more control over this as opposed to the tyre war situation, but most of the teams make their own engines don't they? For instance Ducati are responsible for their great engine. For me I am happier with control tyres in F1, last season Schumacher won when bridgestones were stronger, Alonso won when Michelins were stronger and thats how it went all season, I hated that. The arguement in F1 is the the tyre war is better for overtaking but that not what the tyre war was intended for, if overtaking is a problem when it is down to the design of the aero, not the tyres. Control tyres have made things better for me and I am sure they would in Moto GP and with bikes having all the tyres the same wouldn't hamper overtaking would it? |
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| ppparkinson9 | Jul 24 2007, 05:59 PM Post #3 |
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The problem with MotoGP as opposed to F1 is the vast amount of power that the manufacturers wield in comparison to F1. Max can do what he likes with the F1 rules and the manufacturers protest but get on with it. The FIM couldn't think about imposing a control tyre rule on MotoGP unless the manufacturers agreed. If you look at what happened in WSB, when the control tyre rule came in, the Japanese manufacturers left in a huff. They still haven't returned "officially" though they have European importer teams in the championship. It's not doing WSB much harm though... |
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| everythingoes | Jul 25 2007, 05:21 AM Post #4 |
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I don't think the control tyre rule would work in MotoGP for the reasons ppp mentioned. Last year the tyres did have a bearing on the race outcome but certainly not to the same extent as this year. If thats the case, then its preferable to go back to last years tyre rules, because this year one can almost predict who is going to be in front on which track even before the first practice
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| safc_fan89 | Jul 25 2007, 08:18 AM Post #5 |
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I've gone for 'control tyres' although it's probably not practical. IMO it is ruining this year's championship, it's worse than the tyre difference was in F1 last season. The last 2 races have been completely misleading because say at Laguna Seca, good as the Ducati and Casey Stoner is/are, it is not a combination half a minute faster than Yamaha and Rossi. |
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| Flatdog | Aug 12 2007, 07:22 AM Post #6 |
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control tyres are good for one thing.....killing off development..... WSB might have close racing but that is due to the bikes being very similar in terms of performance. group tests of the latest superbikes show that there is very little to split them... the racing this year in moto gp seems to be totally dependant on what tyre you are on but its always been like that.... its just that over the last few seasons, all the contenders for the WRC have been on michelins. last year loris was on bridgestones and would have been higher up in the fight but for catalunya . if anyone/thing is to blame for the lack of close racing this year, it is MICHELIN and CASEY STONER......i voted for same rules, but with a few more tyres...keep these rules and let michelin, honda and yamaha try to catch up....thats competition....
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. if anyone/thing is to blame for the lack of close racing this year, it is MICHELIN and CASEY STONER......
12:30 AM Jul 11