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Vettel claims that Pirelli said exactly that.No one said it should last exactly 40 laps
VettelI have no idea what we are waiting for. Pirelli's prediction was that the tyres would last for 40 laps.
No, it was neither of those things.it was an indication or prediction that was well off.
Look... "wear life" is not the same thing as "tyre condition". When Paul Hembrey of Pirelli says that the "wear life" of a tyre is indicated at 40 laps, it doesn't mean that the tyre will be in a safe condition after 40 laps. It means that there's enough tread to last 40 laps of wear.
"Indication" also doesn't mean "prediction". It means "indication". An indication is a specific set of conditions or circumstances to generate a result. A prediction is what you do with that result.
You - and apparently Sebastien Vettel and Ferrari - are confusing "wear life" and "tyre condition" and "indication" and "prediction" as if they're ways of saying the same thing. They aren't.
An indication that the wear life is 40 laps is not a prediction that the tyre condition will last 40 laps. It's not even a prediction that the wear life is 40 laps. For some reason Vettel has decided (after consultation with Ferrari) that an indication of a 40 lap wear life is a prediction of a 40 lap safe tyre condition - and you're doing the same. It's not.
Yes, except for establishing that Pirelli wanted a limit nearly 30% less than Ferrari and Vettel tried to get out of the tyre and Ferrari - along with the other teams - rejected this.Two year old unforced recommendation is not as relevant
So really rather relevant indeed as it's yet another tyre use recommendation from the tyre manufacturers that the teams think that they should ignore and then have a temper tantrum when the tyres break after being used against recommendations.
Keywords bolded. They're already lying about the 40 lap thing and Vettel's lying about exceeding track limits, while Pirelli's position was established in November 2013.as having no one from Pirelli according to Ferrari saying it is unsafe
Ferrari needs to man up. They gambled against recommendations and failed. Vettel needs to man up. He's lying through his teeth about exceeding track limits and his tyre failure is a mix of the fact he can't keep it on the track and his team want him to run tyres against recommendations in a gamble that will only kill him if it goes wrong.
I get that he's angry that a tyre failure at 160mph through Eau Rouge and Radillon would probably be very painful indeed, but it's as a result of his driving and his team's completely cavalier attitude to his life by pushing at the boundaries of safety when it isn't legislated that they can't.