Hey man I am watching last years race at the gold coast and many of the
competitors made their compulsory tire change on or about lap 4-5. Why?
Obviously the tires will last the race then why not wait till most of the
others have pitted and use the clear track to your advantage? I must be
missing something in the rules or strategy?
Seems odd seeing a Falcon ;)
Mitch
strategy I would think When you are in a line of cars, it is difficult
to run clean laps. So those who are not in a clear posisiton will come in
early to hopefully come out to a clear track. They can then run faster
laps than the cars stuck in the pak. THEN when the pak cars pit, they
'should' be behind the early pitters.
dave henrie
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> Could it be that they are forced to start on the same set of tires as they
> qualifed the car with?
> If thaqt would mean that their tires probably are of a soft compound and/or
> pretty 'scrubbed' from the start - hence their short life.
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> > This is for Goy!
> > Hey man I am watching last years race at the gold coast and many of the
> > competitors made their compulsory tire change on or about lap 4-5. Why?
> > Obviously the tires will last the race then why not wait till most of the
> > others have pitted and use the clear track to your advantage? I must be
> > missing something in the rules or strategy?
> > Seems odd seeing a Falcon ;)
> > Mitch
But on the other hand, if you have a fast car but is stuck in traffic,
it might pay to pit early and save those tires for a later race, the
stop will drop you behind the field and you have a clear track to work
with
Just guessing as I don't have AussieV8's on TV here now, if hadn't been
for one of the guys at "The Pits" I wouldn't have seen any of 02 season,
thx again Dave !!! :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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You waste several seconds by going into the pits to change those tyres. You
do not gain those lost seconds easily, especially considerning how often the
yellow flag goes out. I don't see how can anybody gain 30 seconds lost on a
pitstop by running alone vs. running in a pack. It's not like you loose 5
seconds a lap just by being behind somebody.
But then, those early pitters will have to pit again.
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I think the Ozzie V8's are one-stop races. Goy?
dave henrie
I believe they have an enforced pit stop with a window of laps to take it - like
the British Touring cars
> > > But then, those early pitters will have to pit again.
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> > I think the Ozzie V8's are one-stop races. Goy?
> I believe they have an enforced pit stop with a window of laps to take it - like
> the British Touring cars
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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NP Goy ;)
This is the first year I've actually watched Aussie V8s, but this is what
I've learned so far.
Most of the races have a fixed number of tires allowed per weekend. There
are 2-3 races per weekend. The teams usually try to save a good set for the
final stint of the last race. They can't make their compulsory stop during a
yellow flag, so they usually stop early to keep from getting caught out by a
full course caution. Sometimes a late pit gamble pays off, but not usually.
But each race seems to have it's own rules. The Bathurst endurance race
didn't seem to have any special rules.
Great racing on mostly good tracks. Although it's been kinda painful to
watch this season as a Ford fan, heheh. I can see now why a certain person
keeps the AV8 crusade alive ;).
db
> NP Goy ;)
> This is the first year I've actually watched Aussie V8s, but this is what
> I've learned so far.
> Most of the races have a fixed number of tires allowed per weekend. There
> are 2-3 races per weekend. The teams usually try to save a good set for the
> final stint of the last race. They can't make their compulsory stop during a
> yellow flag, so they usually stop early to keep from getting caught out by a
> full course caution. Sometimes a late pit gamble pays off, but not usually.
> But each race seems to have it's own rules. The Bathurst endurance race
> didn't seem to have any special rules.
> Great racing on mostly good tracks. Although it's been kinda painful to
> watch this season as a Ford fan, heheh. I can see now why a certain person
> keeps the AV8 crusade alive ;).
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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Ok, the reason for this is that for some stupid reason they are not allowed
to make their compulsory tire change under yellow flags. This means that if
you take your pit stop as early as possible, then if there is a yellow flag
(which is highly likely seeing as these guys drive like morons) you can
catch up the 30 seconds or so which you have lost in the pit lane.
Personally I think its a stupid rule.
hey? Falcons are tops - don't knock em till your tried em
David Corless
Steve
Mitch
