Today I heard that Goodyear was still testingtires for Indianapolis that will last more than 12 laps. For some reason, I presumed that they would have gotten this under wraps by now, but apparently they have not. Silly me.
As you remember, last years race was a debacle as the field had to pit every 10 laps. Thus making the race nothing but a series of trophy dashes.
It would seem that Goodyear is still trying to fix the problem and they haven't found the correct mix of compounds yet. This means that today, right now, they still have tires that only last 10-12 laps, per repetitive tire tests.
Not good gang. If Goodyear needs 30 days to make a batch of tires for a race and they're running out of time.
I'm betting that right now, if they don't get the correct compound, they'll probably go to a very hard tire that doesn't wear / blow as fast. This will keep the cars out there longer, but the grip will suck and the drivers will have to adapt and slow way down to keep the cars in their repsective lanes.
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