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Surely they should concentrate their efforts on a tyre of maximum grip and performance. Generally its a trade off between performance and durability. Durability may have been a consideration in the time of competing tyre manufacturers but surely when it is a stand alone provider the concentration should surely be on performance alone. Tyres will be at peak of performance to the point they won't last the race as a consequence and not an intention.

Maybe in talking out of me arse as I'm quite intoxicated :D
 
Jenson Button wants more accessible tyres in 2013 F1 season

Jenson Button believes Pirelli should focus on widening the operating window of its 2013 tyre compounds in order to make the Formula 1 playing field fairer. Button said some teams and drivers had 'lucked in' to working the tyres properly, while others had been undermined by an inability to do so.

"I think it would be nice to see the working range of the tyre changed a little bit," Button said.

"As a lot of teams have, we've struggled to get it working and in the right region, and there just needs to be a bigger band of working range for everyone.

"It just makes it a little bit more fair.

"Some guys luck in to the tyres with their car at the start of the year and others luck out.

"It's so hard to find a way of getting tyres in the right range, and you have to change your car dramatically in terms of cooling in order to make it work."
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BrightLampShade said:
Jenson Button wants more accessible tyres in 2013 F1 season

Jenson Button believes Pirelli should focus on widening the operating window of its 2013 tyre compounds in order to make the Formula 1 playing field fairer. Button said some teams and drivers had 'lucked in' to working the tyres properly, while others had been undermined by an inability to do so.
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Rubbish, did not see him complaining after the first four races, that may sound strong but if it was down to luck then why even after seven different winners in seven races did we still have Alonso, Hamilton and Vettel at the top of the championship. He went the wrong way with his setup which caused him to have tyre issues.

I agree that the tyres should have a wider working range but totally disagree with the assertion that some people 'lucked' into making the tyres work at the start, if that was the case we would not of had Alonso and co leading the championship even at that point in the season.
 
In a funny way the most restricted selections of tyres gave the best racing we saw this season (Abu Dhabi, Brazil, USA)

Maybe the tracks are the ones to blame for boring races, not aero or tyres.
 
StoneRosesRam said:
Rubbish, did not see him complaining after the first four races, that may sound strong but if it was down to luck then why even after seven different winners in seven races did we still have Alonso, Hamilton and Vettel at the top of the championship. He went the wrong way with his setup which caused him to have tyre issues.

I agree that the tyres should have a wider working range but totally disagree with the assertion that some people 'lucked' into making the tyres work at the start, if that was the case we would not of had Alonso and co leading the championship even at that point in the season.
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Agreed, could be a case of getting his excuses in early...
 
Latest on the 2013 tyres

Autosport said:
Pirelli's 2013 tyres will be softer than last year's, with the new hard compound being roughly equivalent to last year's medium.

In more specific terms, the tyre sidewalls are softer but the shoulders are stronger. The aim of this tweak to the design is to deliver a faster thermal degradation, but wider operating window.

The tyres will also deliver improved traction.

There will also be a bigger performance gap between the compounds, with predictions of a 0.5-second step.

Pirelli has also tweaked the colour of the sidewalls on the hard compound to make it more visible. Rather than the silver colour of last year, it will now be orange.
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I'm glad they've gone for orange instead of the dark grey... it looked they'd forgotten to put the markings on!

I've got a little article about the tyres on my blog here: wp.me/p2W76e-cj
 
Im glad they changed to Orange too though I think Purple has been overlooked. Well I hope these tyres keep to promise and offer more pitstops as some races last year lasted a single stop and was a bit boring. I prefer to see a challenge rather than an endurance.
 
It should not all be about degradation though, remember one of the most exiting races last year was in Austin and that was a one stop race, because it was all about warm up and being aggressive on the those first few laps of the tyre
 
StoneRosesRam said:
It should not all be about degradation though, remember one of the most exiting races last year was in Austin and that was a one stop race, because it was all about warm up and being aggressive on the those first few laps of the tyre
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yeah but most of the excitement was about it being a new track. The un rubbered start line spiced it up a bit too.
 
RoadRunner said:
I wonder how much more grip the softer wets and inters will give? I hope not too much; I love seeing the drivers trying to wrestle with the car.
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According to Paul Hembry the new tyres will give better traction but increased thermal deg. I don't see it being a problem unless they are on wets on a damp track and inters on a dry track.
 
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