{"id":11350,"date":"2011-03-04T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=11350"},"modified":"2011-03-04T07:05:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:05:32","slug":"whitmarsh-defends-pirelli-after-tyre-criticisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/whitmarsh-defends-pirelli-after-tyre-criticisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmarsh defends Pirelli after tyre criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Whitmarsh has leapt to Pirelli&#8217;s defence amid widespread criticism of the marque&#8217;s 2011 tyres.<\/p>\n<p>Some drivers are bemoaning the tyres&#8217; severe degradation, but McLaren and FOTA chief Whitmarsh believes some of those views are unfair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We complain about high wear, but no one talks about the good grip of the tyres when new,&#8221; he reportedly told Motor Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wear can only be high because the grip when new is high.\u00a0 The drivers and teams should perhaps be more careful in their expressions,&#8221; Dutch website f1today.nl quotes the Briton as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to step into the car and complain, but we want more pitstops and we want cars that at various stages of the race are fighting with their tyres.\u00a0 That&#8217;s part of the show,&#8221; insisted Whitmarsh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bridgestone were always a great partner, but from my position at FOTA I have heard several times in recent years pressure for tyres with more risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But now we publicly criticise the degradation of these (Pirelli) tyres.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The job of tyre supplier is a thankless one, as the higher wear is a feature that was requested to make the show better,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Whitmarsh has leapt to Pirelli&#8217;s defence amid widespread criticism of the marque&#8217;s 2011 tyres. Some drivers are bemoaning the tyres&#8217; severe degradation, but McLaren and FOTA chief Whitmarsh believes some of those views are unfair. &#8220;We complain about high wear, but no one talks about the good grip of the tyres when new,&#8221; he &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5340,491,1404],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11351,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350\/revisions\/11351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}