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But, in fact, the German team had earlier pushed hard for the change.\u00a0 So, having won two of the previous three grands prix, why the Nurburgring struggle?<\/p>\nIn the fallout of Sunday’s German grand prix, teams are assessing what impact the tyre shakeup had on their performance.<\/p>\n
After the tyre-exploding British grand prix, the most obvious loser of the move from steel to kevlar-belted tyres was Mercedes.<\/p>\n
But, in fact, the German team had earlier pushed hard for the change.\u00a0 So, having won two of the previous three grands prix, why the Nurburgring struggle?<\/p>\n
The answer could be in the FIA’s clampdown on teams radically altering pressures and cambers, and switching the rear tyres from the left and right sides.<\/p>\n
Team boss Ross Brawn agrees: “I think the ability to swap tyres was a good way of offsetting the stress of the tyre,” he is quoted by AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
“You could use it in qualifying and then swap it, and have it in a different condition for the race.”<\/p>\n
That was banned for the Nurburgring – where pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and Silverstone winner Nico Rosberg struggled desperately – and beyond.<\/p>\n
Lotus, on the other hand, appeared to be the big winner of the tyre shakeup, enjoying a return to form in Germany, while the big loser was Force India, who had thrived on the previous tyres.<\/p>\n
“There will be some winners and some losers,” deputy boss Bob Fernley told Sky.\u00a0 “For sure, we’re a loser.”<\/p>\n
There will surely be more winners and losers out of the next tyre shakeup, when Pirelli will debut an all-new combination of its 2012 and 2013 tyres in Hungary and beyond.<\/p>\n
“It will help us more than others,” predicted Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, referring to Pirelli’s reverting to the 2012 construction.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport also quoted McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh as admitting he hopes the change will help the struggling British team “quite a lot”.<\/p>\n
“Although in the meantime, we – like others – have adjusted to the new (2013) tyres,” he added.<\/p>\n
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