I do not understand the rule at all. F1 is all about safety lately - with the mechanics unable to cheer at the side of the circuit - and they remove tyre blankets? Removing tyre blankets is in my opinion even more dangerous. Imagine de Vries coming out of the pits with fresh slicks and missing the first corner because his tyres are not at temperature - with Alonso next to him. Then his career is definitely over.
I’m 100% behind removing the blankets. One of the stated impacts is towards sustainability targets. However, the main contribution to F1 emissions is shipping/logistics. Until they address the calendar and the ridiculous waste associated to the unnecessary jet setting across the world, it’s all meaningless.
Spot on, it’s window dressing to such an absurd point
Also I want to see drivers have to demonstrate the skill of managing tire heat.
I think that rule is stupid. They will save what? 230k per weekend, thats 5.3mil per season, and teams spend 135mil per season. Is that 5 mil that teams save really that important? If they really wanted to save enviroment and be “carbon neutral” they would at least try to make number of races smaller and calendar more enviroment friendly, this blanket bullshit is just PR.
230k to heat tryes is insane. Why’s it so expensive?
Well you need a lot of energy to keep tires hot, also I think that they need to heat tires 1-2h before sessions (not sure about this) and also whole session, so those blankets are turned on a lot of time during the weekend.
I’ve been really looking forward to finally having no tyre blankets, could have made racing a bit more interesting and added another important dynamic to driver skill.
It’s a shame they seem against it.
@Fingerthief @goldenjoe6 I am seeing everyone say no tyre blankets would make racing more competitive, but I don’t think I understand why. Can you explain?
Regardless of if they remove or keep the blankets, it will be the same for everyone, why would it make things more competitive? just because it is tougher to time a pitstop when you need extra time to get tyres up to temp or something?
Teams: will it make the racing interesting and more competitive?
Everyone: Yes
Teams: Then no thank you.
That’s why I’m much more invested in WEC and Indycar, I want to watch a race, not a billion dollar procession.
