Jarno Trulli is hoping F1 opts to return to slick tyres in the near future as he feels it would improve racing.
Toyota driver dislikes current grooved tyres
Jarno Trulli is hoping F1 does opt to return to slick tyres in the near future as he feels it would improve racing.
Next week's four-day test at Jerez will see Bridgestone supplying the teams with slick tyres as the manufacturer prepares for the possible return of slicks in 2009.
But while the F1 bosses have yet to decide if slick tyres will definitely make a comeback, Trulli has come out saying he would welcome the move.
"I had the fortune to use slick tyres in my first year in F1, and I would be very happy if they would come back," he told
Autosprint.
"I've never liked the current grooved tyres, for the particular driving style they impose on the driver and for their behaviour during a race.
"When the tyres grain, and this happens not through a driving mistake but for an intrinsic characteristic of the tyre, there's nothing you can do: you can only wait for it to go away and hope it will within a few laps.
"When it happens you need to drive in an unnatural way, and I think that several drivers, who have found the way to perform at their best with these tyres, would look a lot worse with a return to slicks."
Blame the tyres
The Italian also reckons that the current lack of overtaking in F1 can be blamed on the grooved tyres, however, he feels other steps can also be taken to improve the racing.
"If there's little overtaking in F1, a lot of that has to blamed on the tyres," said Trulli.
"If they'd also ban refueling then it would be even better, because managing a car with 200 kilos of fuel on board under braking would be a great way to sort out the finer drivers from the rest.
"Probably the elimination of traction control has increased the problems and the wearing of the current tyres, but it would be nice if the slicks would come back. Can't we do it earlier than 2009?"
