We are talking about LH, of course this tire wear is no fault of his, he is the greatest thing ever, had to be the tires, could not possibly be him...

 

You forget the 2nd last corner of that run.

Go look at it again, if that style doesn't heat up the rears quicker than everyone else, I don't know what does bar doing the "turn left in a right hander sport"

His line wasn't THAT much different, it's just different in T1 on TG

 

The insinuation that it is Hamilton's fault somehow is absurd. His job is to drive FAST, which he obviously does very well. The only "tire management" he should have to be responsible for is to ensure he doesn't run them out of grip before he pits for new ones, however many stops the strategy calls for.

The McLaren is clearly harder on the tires than the Ferrari.
With only one tire supplier, there's no reason not to make the tires way overbuilt to ensure that they structurally survive (not necessarily have any grip left, though) for a reasonable length of time (half-race MINIMUM).

 

How would of that been possible when they only have so many tires per racer? Michelin and the teams tried to come to a compromise, even vowing to not take any points from their finishing positions if the FIA would of compromised on the track with a makeshift chicane in the oval. They (FIA) didn't want to do that and the fans that attended were left with that bullshit of a race and Ferrari gaining 18pts over its rivals. Ultimately to me it still comes down to Toyboat as they were the only team that had any problems with the tires 2 years in a row. Michelin didn't have a real answer nor the ability to get new tires to the scene in time and because of such recommended to not race just in case something bad were to happen to one or more of the drivers, thanks Toyboat for your wonderful contributions to F1.

 

How many tires do you think they needed? Surely not one per lap . They could have gone for a 3 or 4 pit strategy - they would have had enough tires.

How is building a temporary chicane fair to the other teams not having a tire problem? And like you said, not all Michelin teams had that problem.

The only reason they offered to give back the points was because it would have still taken points from Ferrari if they would have placed higher than Ferrari.

I do blame Michelin for this, but I also blame the decision not to race on the teams - they could have raced had they talked to Michelin about 3 or 4 pit stop strategies. If Michelin was totally to blame for not racing, they shouldn't have practiced or qualified because the warning should have stood then also.

 

Haha, Wow... I guess shopping for Michelins while I'm posting about Bridgestones doesn't work for someone with ADD huh? Thanks