F1: No change with new tire rules, Button says
Jenson Button believes the decision to offer greater freedom for tire choice in 2016 will make little difference because Formula 1 teams will ultimately converge on the same options.
Starting next season, Pirelli will make three of the five dry F1 compounds available over the course of each grand prix weekend. Teams will choose which two of the compounds they would like to use in advance of the event and these will remain secret until two weeks before a race.
In theory, the new rules should offer scope for varying strategies. But Button said: "Everyone will use the same tires. Unless they have a massive issue with one tire, everyone will use the same tires. They have limited it.
"If it was completely open and you could use any of the tires available, then you might have the possibility of someone running something a bit different, a bit crazy. But you're limited to three different tires and everyone will be on exactly the same.
"After the first race, nobody will talk about it anymore."
When asked if this was a missed opportunity to spice up the show, Button said: "There are so many missed opportunities in sport. It is what it is; you can't change it."
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