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Inters faster than Slicks

These are the qualifying results for the race you are talking about. Pole position was set on Softs but just look at the qualifying times of the cars you assure us were active one stopping on Mediums. I can't believe Mediums would be 4 or 5 seconds a lap slower than softs if the cars had a good design, were set up correctly, had well trained drivers and had new engines.

Your statement that these cars were running two stints of Mediums is factually incorrect. The three teams who qualified immediately behind the team on Inters (positions 8, 9 & 10) all did three stints on Mediums and all pitted on the same laps (9 & 18) which suggests that they were all on a default strategy. If this is the case then it is fairly safe to assume the managers had not set them up for the race and possibly hadn't renewed the engines.

The fact they were so far off the pace is probably the reason why the high level team on Inters was able to keep up with them but at the same time was losing 5 seconds a lap to the leading car. Like you say I'm just throwing out wild theories here and you most likely know best.




Edit: Finally, just to put the record straight, the person who was running on Inters is not the championship leader, he is currently in 11th place, well outside the promotion zone with only one race remaining. Even if he wins tomorrow he won't be promoted.

I've checked the data from your most recent race (Mexico) and given the fact that you were managing the race I have absolutely no idea why your recollection of a race you attended appears to contradict the race data.

Your car qualified on pole and led the race from the start, you pulled away from the car on Inters at a rate of about 4 or 5 seconds a lap. You pitted on lap 11 and still came out of the pits in the lead, some 15 seconds ahead of the guy on Inters, you were never racing him.

The car on Inters qualified in 7th place ahead of some cars on Meds that were clearly not set up. He dropped to 8th place and stayed in pretty much that position until some of the two stoppers pitted.

The manager has 230 races under his belt against your 33 so he probably knows what he's doing. Yes he only joined the league 8 races ago but that doesn't necessarily mean he is behind in terms of car development. He receives more design points every race than the lower level teams and potentially also saved dp to maximise research.

The fact is he's a L18 Manager racing against some inexperienced managers, many of whom don't attend or set up.

I don't believe there is a huge problem with the wet compounds because in a well attended league with experienced managers and cars that are well designed Inters would not be competitive in a dry race.

I'm not going to waste any more time analysing your race data or arguing about this. My advice to you is instead of making stuff up to support your opinion about tyre issues you should try listening to advice from people who have been playing this game a lot longer than you. It's not just me, everyone else here is trying to tell you the same thing.