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Teams count cost in performance in wake of tyre chaos

Teams count cost in performance in wake of tyre chaos 9 July, 2013 Pirelli tyres in the Nurburgring paddock In the aftermath of the German Grand Prix, teams are assessing what impact the tyre shakeup had on their performances during the course of the weekend at Nurburgring. After the tyre-exploding British Grand Prix, the most obvious loser of the move from steel to kevlar-belted tyres was Mercedes. But, in fact, the German team had earlier pushed hard for the change. So, having won two of the previous three grands prix, why the Nurburgring struggle? 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...
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