Getting rid of the chicane in the final sector of the Barcelona circuit was welcomed by F1 drivers. But did it make the racing any better?
was involved in a tight midfield battle, thought it was still difficult for drivers to follow others.
Add the reinstated Turns 13 and 14 and now you get not two but four right-handed corners that punish the front-left corner, which forced the teams to re-think their tyre strategies. "Here the tyres every lap they lose almost one and a half tenth," said Stella."That's why everyone pitting [for] new tyres could overtake somebody else."
Barcelona's tweaked layout has further altered the wear rate between the front and rear, making it more front-limited, and Isola thought it achieved its desired effect.“Sector three was famous for stressing the tyres in traction, but you [now] stress the tyres more in lateral [movement], so it’s a different balance," he said.
"But then with tyre advantages it was actually possible to overtake, so that I think has worked reasonably well.
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