Force India believe the teams should be allowed to pre-select their desired tyre compounds for each race during a season.
At present, Pirelli chooses which two compounds – prime and option – it will bring to an event out of the four available: supersoft, soft, medium and hard.
However Force India’s chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, reckons the teams should be able to choose their own – a move which could lead to a mixed up grid.
“If teams indicate four weeks before a race which two compounds they would like to use, there is still time for Pirelli to produce them,” he told Auto Motor und Sport.
“The tyre choices we make could be kept a secret until the Thursday before a race. We would then have something to talk about throughout that day again,” he added.
It would create mixed strategies as those cars which are kinder to their tyres could opt for a softer choice, making them quicker but more prone to wear, whilst those which are harder on their tyres could opt for the medium and hard compounds and run longer stints than they would usually.
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