you're missing the point. the tyre's grip has not been changed. The only thing changed is the deflection resistance (by 0.5%) which solely affects the problematic corners where at certain speed the rear tyres suddenly lose grip without any feedback to the driver. the fact that it's never happened to you doesn't necessarily mean the issue isn't there. it could be due to several factors but the most important one is the speed you're carrying through any of the mentioned corners and especially on the hard tyre in dirty air. considering the ama grid runs slower in q than the wc guys do on full tank i don't think this is a fair comparison. also i'm struggling to believe that none of the wc guys has ever lost the car due to this issue. i'm also not sure if you're familiar how mid season changes actually get approved.
Thank you Victor for taking the time to reply.
You say I am missing the point, I am just asking questions to better understand this. I am still however not clear on my third question:
"So can someone please explain to me and the half of the grid that didn't complain more about the "problem".
I never saw it discussed anywhere and really want to understand it????
This way we might be more accepting of the proposed changes."
It got a passing reference in paragraph 11 of Cameron Rogers original post here but it was far from thorough. Who complained about it? Where did they complain?
You suggest that I'm not familiar how mid season changes actually get approved. No I'm not so please tell us all?
Who tests and decides on such a change?
Your statement that: "
considering the ama grid runs slower in q than the wc guys do on full tank i don't think this is a fair comparison"
I'm sure you didn't mean that AMA drivers are too slow to discover such things but at any rate your statement out by a long margin.
Pole in AMA was 1:29.254 P10 was 1:29.921
The opening laps on full fuel and options in WC were in the range 1:29.839-1:30. (leader) to 1:31.246 (P10).
So
rather than being faster a pole sitting WC driver is 0.60 slower on full tanks than an AMA pole sitter (in quali) and a P10 WC driver is 1.4 sec slower than a P10 AMA qualifier.
It seems the pace difference is a lot less than you say. So you may want to re think that logic.
We are no closer to knowing why the WC grid (as far as I am aware) seemed to have no issues with it.