by Steve Ratchett
The ISF Technical Working Group voted on Thursday to keep the option tire rule in the F1 division for 2014.
Drivers will again need to change tires within one minute of the halfway point of all heat races and the final.
"There were passionate people for and against the issue and it turns out that drivers were no longer split 50-50 on the issue like they were several years ago," explained ISF Commissioner Everet Kamikawa. "The one thing everyone seems to agree on is that it made a huge talking point during the season and it did factor in the outcome of several races. When we got rid of it a few years ago people actually missed it. We decided to keep it for 2014 because the F1 division is based on Formula One and since they have an option tire rule, we thought we would try it for another year."
