After the hype of leading up to the first Grand Prix of the year, with 8 possible World Champions and 4 teams in with a shout of winning, it’s probably not surprising that the talk after the race was of a procession and that something needs to be done.
I’d say hold your horses. People have short memories, there were plenty of races in the days of refueling when there was no overtaking – in fact there was more overtaking in this race than many others!
The disappointment for me was that the tyres were not as marginal as they could have been. At present, Bridgestone bring two compounds of tyres, one hard, one softer to each race. They deem the hard tyre (or the ‘prime’ tyre) to be the one more likely to be useful for the race and the soft (or ‘option’) tyre to be more apt for qualifying – even though they have to use both for the race. They pick which is the hard tyre compound based on previous seasons.
My suggestion is that they go one or maybe two compounds softer for both, making them have more grip to aid overtaking but more marginal and so more drop off in performance as they get worn. Forget talk of mandatory two pitstops, it would happen naturally!
Squiffy.
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