Originally Posted by
Kave
Very well said Joey, I wish people would give it a try! I know all of the MN crew felt the same way about specs.
And your comment about 1 run tires is spot on, there are going to be people doing it no matter what. I 1 run tires because I like the way they feel and I think they are easier to drive, even if they are not actually faster in my head they feel better.
Guys. I ran spec tires for years in TC, run spec tires in F1 to. The common thing with these? Rubber and in TC they limit on sets. In F1, we don't need to limit due to the tire is actually better broken in.
I would actually run a spec race that limited to it to 3-4 sets, period. Why are we not limiting them?
And my biggest reason why I don't like the idea? NO ONE HAS SAID A VALID REASON WHY?
Cost?
Nope, they cost more.
Durability?
Nope, other tires last just as long if not more.
Equality?
What is the difference now? We all run blue, green, yellow of some form. Totally lost on what tire? Just ask someone! We are all generally really nice people, lol.
Maybe I am just dumb, lol. I still don't get it.
I hate to say this, but I saw this coming when CRC released rubber tires for WGT and saw the push in BRL for rubber to replace the spec compound foams. Both of those are the biggest users of the spec compound and if they go away from foam, the manufacturers need somewhere to sell it.