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Originally Posted by Raistlin
Michelin knew what the rules were regarding changes of tyres, they knew what the conditions on the track were like, if they had done their homework properly they would have come to the track with a tyre that was capable of doing what it was supposed to do.
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The thing is, though, they didn't know what the conditions were like with the current incarnation of F1 cars, nor had they had experience with banked tracks which is what caused the stress problems with the tyres.
Bridgestone OTOH had a major advantage because their sister company, Firestone, supplies tyres to all the Indy cars etc, so they would know much more about how the banking affects tyre stresses.