raikkonen did not suffer from a tyre blowup to begin with. it was the suspension that gave way after excessive tyre wobble that made him spun out. also, the reason why FIA decide to use 1 tyre per weekend, is to slow down the car. lap times have been tumbling downwards like nobody's business and in order to slow down these cars, they created a real dumbass 1 tyre ruling.
i wouldn't blame the FIA completely for kimi's failure because quite clearly he had the chance to pit in and change a new tyres but ron dennis and mclaren came out publicly to defend their decision in which both ron and kimi agreed to take a gamble by not pitting. pitting would make kimi lose ground on alonso and as always, kimi's a real fighter and won't lose tamely. in hindsight, it was the wrong decision but as always, it was a gamble that could have paid off. imagine if he had won, i wonder wat will the critics rave about kimi.
but of coz, FIA silly decision to come out with a 1 tyre ruling really spoils the sport. there are plenty ways to slow down the cars. the way i see it, FIA is backdating formula 1's technology and its quite silly to not allow cars to change their tyres and make these tyre manufacturers come out with extra millions on R&D to improve tyre durability. talk about cost reduction then.
shit, the thing that piss me off so badly is the way alonso celebrated as though he had won the race after starting from behind and overtaking 17 drivers with lots of hardwork and superb overtaking moves. if i were alonso, i'd be pretty embarassed to celebrate like that coz quite clearly he was not the fastest and best driver out there. he basically hung out, preserved his car and drove a consistent race thats all. don't get me wrong, alonso is a budding driver and quite likely the WDC of 2005 but he really lacks personality. its the aura that world champions like mika hakkinen, michael schumacher, ayrton senna carry, and its evidently lacking in alonso.
i wouldn't blame the FIA completely for kimi's failure because quite clearly he had the chance to pit in and change a new tyres but ron dennis and mclaren came out publicly to defend their decision in which both ron and kimi agreed to take a gamble by not pitting. pitting would make kimi lose ground on alonso and as always, kimi's a real fighter and won't lose tamely. in hindsight, it was the wrong decision but as always, it was a gamble that could have paid off. imagine if he had won, i wonder wat will the critics rave about kimi.
but of coz, FIA silly decision to come out with a 1 tyre ruling really spoils the sport. there are plenty ways to slow down the cars. the way i see it, FIA is backdating formula 1's technology and its quite silly to not allow cars to change their tyres and make these tyre manufacturers come out with extra millions on R&D to improve tyre durability. talk about cost reduction then.
shit, the thing that piss me off so badly is the way alonso celebrated as though he had won the race after starting from behind and overtaking 17 drivers with lots of hardwork and superb overtaking moves. if i were alonso, i'd be pretty embarassed to celebrate like that coz quite clearly he was not the fastest and best driver out there. he basically hung out, preserved his car and drove a consistent race thats all. don't get me wrong, alonso is a budding driver and quite likely the WDC of 2005 but he really lacks personality. its the aura that world champions like mika hakkinen, michael schumacher, ayrton senna carry, and its evidently lacking in alonso.