I was watching free Friday practice on Eurosport this morning, and the guys' commentating were discussing Valentino's tyre situation. They too were saying it is a little sad that Valentino is making an issue out of the tyre problems.
They then went on to talk about the last couple of seasons, where before new tyre regs were introduced, Michelin were putting such an effort into racing that during the European rounds there would be a van leaving the factory every 6 hours with tyres bespoke made in accordance with on track data. They were saying that on Friday in Europe, in many cases Valentino was not the fastest. Come Saturday morning, they would have new purpose made tyres available, and Valentino would be quicker. The same would be true for Saturday night, Sunday morning.
They also discussed how this meant Valentino was dominant in European rounds, but not so dominant in the flyaway GPs.
I didn't know about this. Did anyone else? I thought it was an incredible piece of information.
They then went on to talk about the last couple of seasons, where before new tyre regs were introduced, Michelin were putting such an effort into racing that during the European rounds there would be a van leaving the factory every 6 hours with tyres bespoke made in accordance with on track data. They were saying that on Friday in Europe, in many cases Valentino was not the fastest. Come Saturday morning, they would have new purpose made tyres available, and Valentino would be quicker. The same would be true for Saturday night, Sunday morning.
They also discussed how this meant Valentino was dominant in European rounds, but not so dominant in the flyaway GPs.
I didn't know about this. Did anyone else? I thought it was an incredible piece of information.
