Cheers folks, glad you like it. As I say, it's pretty basic, leaving aside as it does all sorts of variables. I think one thing it has reminded me is that you only have 3 sets of option tyres - if you want to stop more than 3 times, you are going to see more than one stint on the prime tyre.
This might be ok if both degrade really quickly (eg China), but otherwise you are not really giving yourself maximum time on the faster tyre.
Imagine the granular level the teams can achieve using their Crays and more inputs such as track condition change and incremental weather changes.
I wish I could get a live data feed from the FIA, honestly, I haven't asked...
That'll be the human factor and what makes it great entertainment
I suppose the obvious extensions would be to include a non-linear tyre wear model. Does it help not having to factor in fuel loads?
If you can capture non linear tyre wear in a formula, I could add it in, but personally I don't understand the shape of the curve. I don't think it is exponential, but adding a cliff could esily be incorporated.
Fuel loads are easily ignored from the timing because you are just doing relative time and yes, it is a cheat because it is probably true that a lighter car degrades the tyre at a slower rate than a heavy car. Again, I wouldn't be sure how to define that in a formula... Any ideas?