This discussion have slightly surprisingly bearly been mentioned. I am unsure if it is because most were pleasently surprised by how the 1xwear turned out and dont mind if it stays that way, or if it because they are waiting for someone else to take initiative.
My experience with 1x wear from the Istanbul race was positive, although I didn't learn all that I wanted as my race ended at my second pit (out of fuel). Regardless, it did give us a variation in strategies, and even though I have not searched for it, I saw no clear indication that 2 stops was wrong for all that chose it (what do you think Reik?).
A key point I think is that if everything else is equal, I believe the prefered strategy is 2 stops*. Therefore it makes little sense to make 2 stops quicker than 1 stop if we want to see some variation in strategies. The way it was at Istanbul, with maybe 10 seconds in favor of 1 stop, we saw a great variation in 1 and 2 stops.
So what is my personal opinion? Based on the Istanbul race I am in favor of 1x wear, as I think that will give us a greater variation in strategies than we had in season 9 (and I like keeping it simple). The only thing that would make me in doubt would be if at Silverstone a 2 stop was much slower relative to at what we learned at Istanbul.
And on that note I would not like to have a tyre wear customised for the various tracks. I would rather that we make our choice at some point and stick to it. I want the track to naturally determind my strategy without an artificial intrucion of flexible wear
*I believe 2 stop strategy is prefered because:
-it is more fun/time saving to practice 22 min stint than 33 min stint
-you get less variation in tyre wear and weight of car (less to learn/perfect)
-you'll have twice as many brakes from the race where you can drink and stretch your limbs.
-it allows for a more flexible strategy in the case of the unexpected (weather, damage, etc)
My experience with 1x wear from the Istanbul race was positive, although I didn't learn all that I wanted as my race ended at my second pit (out of fuel). Regardless, it did give us a variation in strategies, and even though I have not searched for it, I saw no clear indication that 2 stops was wrong for all that chose it (what do you think Reik?).
A key point I think is that if everything else is equal, I believe the prefered strategy is 2 stops*. Therefore it makes little sense to make 2 stops quicker than 1 stop if we want to see some variation in strategies. The way it was at Istanbul, with maybe 10 seconds in favor of 1 stop, we saw a great variation in 1 and 2 stops.
So what is my personal opinion? Based on the Istanbul race I am in favor of 1x wear, as I think that will give us a greater variation in strategies than we had in season 9 (and I like keeping it simple). The only thing that would make me in doubt would be if at Silverstone a 2 stop was much slower relative to at what we learned at Istanbul.
And on that note I would not like to have a tyre wear customised for the various tracks. I would rather that we make our choice at some point and stick to it. I want the track to naturally determind my strategy without an artificial intrucion of flexible wear
*I believe 2 stop strategy is prefered because:
-it is more fun/time saving to practice 22 min stint than 33 min stint
-you get less variation in tyre wear and weight of car (less to learn/perfect)
-you'll have twice as many brakes from the race where you can drink and stretch your limbs.
-it allows for a more flexible strategy in the case of the unexpected (weather, damage, etc)