Quote Originally Posted by JAFA View Post
Have they implemented the Federal tyres primarily because of sponsorship, or because they are a harder compound race tyre, and hence most people will get the whole main Targa out of 1 set, rather than taking ( and needing ) spares and getting the associated time penalties?
As far as I know most people got the whole event out of 1 set of Dunlops, perhaps with the extra 2 tyres which were allowed. We had difficulty with different sizes front and back in complying but usually achieved it. When Dunlop change of staff had the company withdraw their very generous sponsorship the event went looking for someone else as a supplier, and Federal stepped up. From what inside info I was given at the time there was no other reason.