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| Brave_Lee_Flea | May 12 2008, 07:59 AM Post #91 |
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Firstly we will have to disagree about whether or not the two compound rule is an attempt to enliven the racing or a shameless attempt to generate "interest" and therefore publicity in the tyres. I firmly believe it is the latter. I guess your interest is in watching overtaking and that you don't derive much pleasure from watching a clever strategy unfold? I enjoy both and don't consider clever tactics to be dull. We had a very good example of that this weekend. Regardless of whether or not it may be dull, on a track like Monaco for a driver qualifying just outside the top ten a one stop strategy could make a lot of sense. Given that Bridgestone supply only two compounds it is unlikely that either could be persuaded to last more than a 50% race distance. In years gone by one stop strategies were quite common and I think we have only seen their demise since the introduction of the multiple compound rule (unless anybody knows differently?). |
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| Red Andy | May 12 2008, 09:14 AM Post #92 |
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Yeah, I think that is right. Certainly as late as 2006 some teams were putting at least one of their drivers on one-stop strategies in some races. I certainly remember Renault doing it with Fisichella on some occasions. |
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