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[malyce]

Bring back Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone...Hell ask Hankook for tires!!!

 

[Saiyar]

Cuts on the tyre suggest it is something on the track and not the tyres themselves.

 

[Lucid07]

Phew Vettles tyres aren't damaged, it was on the ones they took off.

 

[Ce-Lin]

gutted for Hamilton and Massa, also for the UK crowd paying so much to watch a farce, bring back tyre manufacturer choice

 

[DrM]

I bet it's the curbs cutting the tires.

I can imagine Bernie and his good friend Maxx brushing curbs in the safety of the night

 

[Jezbollah]

Ever wondered what Indy 2007 would have looked like if they let the Michelin's race? Well here you go.

What a fucking shambles.

Very true. However wasnt there a compromise of putting a temporary chicane in but Bridgestone (who had tyre data from Firestone) rejected it?

This is down to only one thing: lack of tyre testing.

 

[ConfusedCat]

 

[Omiee]

Im just waiting for the vettel DNF. With all the luck he has had this is looking like one of those races where he is going to DNF.

 

[Adamm]

Fuck you ferrari fuck you lotus and fuck you force india for blocking new tires you f*ckers!!

Yes, its the teams fault for the tyres not working

 

[kharma45]

Cuts on the tyre suggest it is something on the track and not the tyres themselves.

It would be strange yeah for it in that case to be the tyres themselves if they're being cut.

Dat safety car engine sound. Damn!

Yeah that AMG sounds great.

 

[Dead Man]

Alan Jones raised an interesting point, should teams change their cars to suit the tyres rather than the tyres being changed to accommodate the teams who made cars that can't use the tyres?

 

[fuenf]

holy shit F1 doing everything to destroy Pirelli's brand value with those camera cuts

 

[hylje]

- Webber: >
"What the hell happened on that start?"


Lotus trying to reach higher power for saving tires:
https://twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/status/351316467553288192

Safety car out #GodSaveOurTyres

 

[nny]

I bet Kimi had an impassive do not give a fuck face when he saw that tyre explode in front of him.

"that tire just had to go have a shit"

 

[thechemist]

Massa and Hamilton were both doing solid jobs as well, feel sorry for them.

 

[Ce-Lin]

Cuts on the tyre suggest it is something on the track and not the tyres themselves.

De La Rosa is guessing something on the kerbs is causing this, what kerb no one knows

 

[mclem]

The radio described the issue with Vettel's tyres as 'cuts'. Surely tyres failing on their own wouldn't be described as being cut?

Edit: then again, if it was debris, it wouldn't be consistently the same tyre.

 

[marvelharvey]

What tyres are on the safety car? I hope it can make these next few laps without delamination.

 

[Septimius]

Well, Lotus was the only team vetoing the change of tyre composition, so I do feel for Pirelli.

 

[Omiee]

Yes, its the teams fault for the tyres not working

Yes definitely yes. Pirelli wanted to introduce safer tires which looked like last year but those fucking teams blocked it.

 

[Psychotext]

Vergne's blowout happened on a straight under almost zero stress.

Could have still been cut by a kerb and failed later.

 

[Meteorain]

Dat safety car engine sound. Damn!

It always amuses me to imagine that the SC is going flat out and those guys feel like they are racing but the F1 cars are cruising along by comparison.

 

[DrM]

Damn, it must be beyond awesome to be a Pirelli representative on this race

They probably locked themselves into bathroom

 

[Shaneus]

Did they say cuts in Vettel's tyres or just wear?

 

[bobnowhere]

Every single marshall in england is on the track now!

 

[Zeknurn]

Maybe Silverstone should not have sharp kerbs.

 

[hylje]

"Please put your hands together in prayer for the safety car interlude: #GodSaveOurTyres"

-Lotus

 

[ramparter]

Most will call a conspiracy theorist but I think all of this is an inside job to push towards tyres change.

 

[Psychotext]

They need to use this safety car to get someone out there to look at the kerbs that the left rear is going over.

 

[kharma45]

Did they say cuts in Vettel's tyres or just wear?

Cuts

 

[PdotMichael]

The radio described the issue with Vettel's tyres as 'cuts'. Surely tyres failing on their own wouldn't be described as being cut?

If you get "cuts" because you drive a normal race without do to anything crazy then it's the fault of the tires.

 

[Addnan]

Yes definitely yes. Pirelli wanted to introduce safer tires which looked like last year but those fucking teams blocked it.

They wanted to make tyres harder.

WHy can't they leave them soft and just make sure they dont blow up. You know, like the start of last season

 

[Saiyar]

So it is the kerbs.

That pic of Vettel's tyre was scary.

 

[Shaneus]

Who's that girl they keep showing? I saw her during qualis too.

 

[Chris R]

Tire issues due to heat and kerbs? So this is England's fault somehow and not a Pirelli issue.

 

[Diablohead]

Every single marshall in england is on the track now!

They might as well bring out the Johnson road sweepers at this rate

 

[Jezbollah]

Maybe Silverstone should not have sharp curbs.

How many motor racing events do you think Silverstone has every year?

 

[Sloane]

Tire issues due to heat and kerbs? So this is England's fault somehow and not a Pirelli issue.

Yup, couldn't expect it to be hot in the summer.

 

[Omiee]

So it is the kerbs.

That pic of Vettel's tyre was scary.

fuck i must have missed it =(

 

[Dilly]

I just tuned in.

This sport has become a joke and the clown is leading again.

 

[Salamndar]

Exactly !

 

[Zeknurn]

How many motor racing events do you think Silverstone has every year?

Didn't DC say during FP they had installed new kerbs?

 

[kharma45]

Seb's tyre

 

[bobnowhere]

fuck i must have missed it =(

Newey had a picture of the tire on the pitwall with increase pressure 2psi on it.

 

[Saiyar]

fuck i must have missed it =(

You could see bits of the cord coming through the rubber. It was probably only minutes away from failure.

 

[nny]

Yup, couldn't expect it to be hot in the summer.

Not in England!

 

[Omiee]

Holy crap that tire looked like crap.

That was def lucky for seb. Feel so bad for massa and lewis who were both having great races.

 

[jey_16]

Who's that girl they keep showing? I saw her during qualis too.

Rosberg's girlfriend

 

[FuturusX]

Ok I admit it, I cut Vettel's tyres before the race. Felt so good that I cut some tyres on other cars too...

 

[olore]

Bring back Michelin, Goodyear, Bridgestone...Hell ask Hankook for tires!!!

Someone call Czech maker Barum...