Massa did the same. Because of the fresh track and conservative tire choice, everyone could do the whole GP on softs if they wanted to.sosic2121 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2020, 13:19Just to add to your point.zokipirlo wrote: ↑23 Jul 2020, 10:00Not talking about that, more toward thinner threads. When Mercedes was overheating them, they changed it first for few races in 2018 and keep that for 2019. They had the same problem also when Schumi was driving for them; they were very quick on qualification but destorying them on a race. With such a big gap they had in 2014 and 2015 this were hidden, because they could drive much more sensitive. and become more obvious in 2016 and 2017 and totally obvious in 2018 when Pirelli saved them. How they start to understand tires is just bullshit.
2014 Russia, rosberg had massive lockup on lap 1 T2, and switched to prime tyre till the end. When engineer told this to Lewis, he asked if anyone is putting pressure on rosberg. Since no one was, Rosberg easily cruised to P2 without tyre change.
Do a little more research before making ridiculous claims. 2014 and beyond had nothing to do with tires but all with a terrible car Ferrari designed. The whole front suspension was of a “let’s try this double floor again” level of stupidity.