F1 is trialing a new tyre allocation in qualifying for this weekend's Emilia Romagna GP at Imola. Here's how it could offer a path to better racing amid complaints of lack of action in the first few grands prix of the season
Formula 1’s trial of a new tyre allocation at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has triggered plenty of intrigue about the impact it will make to qualifying.With drivers forced to use the hard , medium and soft compounds in the three sessions on Saturday, rather than having complete free choice, it could serve to shake things up in terms of the fight for grid positions.
However, Pirelli also has to be careful in not pushing things too extreme and turning grands prix in to three or four-stop races, which equally can be unpopular because they end up being chaotic affairs that are quite hard for fans to follow. Also, tyres that degrade too fast prove to be unpopular with drivers and teams as they force them to take things too easy, rather than feeling that they can push hard on more consistent rubber.
And there is almost a chicken and egg scenario where it comes to a lack of overtaking and boring strategies, as it is hard to decipher which comes first to trigger the other. One suggestion that has cropped up in a bid to encourage more two-stop races is to make them mandatory. “We made some analysis on that together with the sporting directors many years ago,” he said. “We ended up with the conclusion that the more you make new constraints, then the more teams will come to the same strategy.
“We can try to encourage different strategies, but at the end that there is one that is the quickest,” added Isola. Forcing drivers to use the hard in Q1 and the medium in Q2 will mean a very different approach to qualifying, but the consequence could well be seen more in Sunday’s race. The change in allocation for Imola, and the fact there should be at least two sets of hard and medium available, has allowed Pirelli to be more aggressive with its tyre choice for the Imola weekend – because it is safe in the knowledge that teams are not going to run out of rubber on Sunday.
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