"Almost brand new-looking tires for Fatih in a sea of old, used tires for the rest of the grid," Brad, the British Formula 4 main commentator, said as the feed showed the right-hand tires of all the cars on the pit lane waiting for the green flag. Fatih's tires were in focus at the start, showing them to be barely used before the camera panned across to the other cars, revealing how battered theirs were.
"It is a byproduct of cost reduction and preventing people from gaining an advantage just because they can afford it. Hankook, the tire provider for the series, gives each driver only two sets of new tires for every race weekend. They have only eight new tires for an entire weekend, but as a caveat, they are allowed to bring and use their already used tires from previous weekends.
