Post by Hoovie on Jul 29, 2019 13:36:26 GMT
Bit of a mad race and the debarcle with Lewis Hamiltons stop exposed something that I was quite surprised about...
He came in and they just didn't know what tyres to put on the car. Yes, him coming in was totally unplanned, but that really doesn't matter. A car can get a puncture at any time and have to come in for tyres; or a Safety Car suddenly called and a car just coming up to the pit entry lane and so likely worth coming it for fresh tyres.
I would have expected that there is someone responsible to know exactly what tyres should be fitted IF a car comes in, and that selection being constantly updated as the race progresses and/or conditions change, so there is no time wasted and what to fit is essentially pre-determined by the time a car is approaching the team box.
FFS, they have enough people sitting around waiting for a car to pit, why isn't one of those people a "Tyre Leader" coordinating this with the team strategist? Yesterday they would have wasted less time to fit ANY tyres and send him out for one lap and come back in again a lap later compared to what happened!
He came in and they just didn't know what tyres to put on the car. Yes, him coming in was totally unplanned, but that really doesn't matter. A car can get a puncture at any time and have to come in for tyres; or a Safety Car suddenly called and a car just coming up to the pit entry lane and so likely worth coming it for fresh tyres.
I would have expected that there is someone responsible to know exactly what tyres should be fitted IF a car comes in, and that selection being constantly updated as the race progresses and/or conditions change, so there is no time wasted and what to fit is essentially pre-determined by the time a car is approaching the team box.
FFS, they have enough people sitting around waiting for a car to pit, why isn't one of those people a "Tyre Leader" coordinating this with the team strategist? Yesterday they would have wasted less time to fit ANY tyres and send him out for one lap and come back in again a lap later compared to what happened!
