Enforced change to wet tyres when it gets too wet?

[BobbyDeacs 2]

Like the closing of DRS when conditions got too bad, they could force the teams to get both drivers onto wets within current or next lap.

This would have stopped Bianchi aquaplaning and seems a reasonably simple safety change to implement and enforce.  They were only staying out on wrong tyres in anticipation of race end.

[JensonBottom 1]

And how exactly would you decide what the cut off point is when teams are forced onto wets? Hamilton was saying how they didn't need the wet weather tyres when others were pitting.

[APR193 0]

Don't agree with it at all. If the condition were bad enough they would have been on wets. If you can go quicker on wets, a driver is not (unless its only a few laps to go etc) going to stay on inters. It would be a knee jerk reaction and a bad one imo

[VetteIfan 0]

BobbyDeacs said:

Like the closing of DRS when conditions got too bad, they could force the teams to get both drivers onto wets within current or next lap.

This would have stopped Bianchi aquaplaning and seems a reasonably simple safety change to implement and enforce.  They were only staying out on wrong tyres in anticipation of race end.

I'm not so sure about that. Vettel reported he was aquaplaning at 80 kph on the full wets at the start of the race. It gets to a point where you can aquaplane very easily no matter what tyre you are on. 

[BobbyDeacs 2]

How do you decide when? Use common sense like they do with disabling DRS.

Aquaplaning - deeper tread = less likelihood, simple as that. 

All you need to do is declare full wet conditions then teams have current plus next lap to change (so both drivers can be done). Once they have changed it is their choice when to change back to inters. 

[APR193 0]

If you do that you may as well not race in full wet conditions. Part of the challenge is getting it exactly right on when you change over to x/y/z tyre

[JensonBottom 1]

Like I said, the Mercedes didn't need to pit for wets whereas others did so there is no 'cut off' point where everyone should be forced to pit. Its not like DRS at all.

[sjsharp2010 225]

tbh I think the only change they need to make is with the safety car so that in conditions like what we had in Suzuka and a car crashes out as Sutil did there deploy the safety car neutralise the race and then send the recovery crews. In dry conditions keep it as is.

But in conditions where there's a chance of aquaplanimg to follow this order obviously the safety rules need looking at but to me this looks like the best solution