During several grand prix weekends this season, Aston Martin scrubbed all its medium and hard tyres in practice sessions, leaving it with no new sets for the race. The team explains the reason behind this tactic: F1
The Silverstone-based squad stood out on the grid this year for the way that it frequently went in to grand prix races with no new medium and hard compound tyres left.
However, Aston Martin’s performance director Tom McCullough has explained that its policy was actually prompted by it needing to ramp up its live pitstop tyre practice. “We found that in practice we weren't too bad. But, as the cars are rolling into the box, especially in a stack situation, we struggled for various reasons. So we started off by just saying: 'well, if we can do live pitstop practice during a race weekend, it helps. So how many can we do?'
“There are pros and cons, but from a pure start performance side of things, you want to be on a new tyre.”
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