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**QEoMi752** · 11-22-2008, 06:39 AM

Well, I think Bridgestone is trying to keep themselves in the mix. Unless I am mistaken the rule that teams must use more than one compound per dry-race is going away in 2009.

You're mistaken. Both the 2008 and (draft) 2009 sporting regulations clearly state:

But this does raise an interesting point of strategy. F1 cars are so light and put so little wear on tires, that they become faster over the course of a run because of fuel burn. All other cars get slower from tire wear. So a softer tire in F1 would either create a net effect of 0.0 seconds over a run, or do something entirely unexpected.

Not always. On low tyre-degradation tracks, yes. But then you get situations where the wrong compounds have been brought and the prime is impossible to get enough heat into, or the option just falls away.

Weight of a car is a bit misleading as it's load that wears the tyre.

F1 cars do generate a lot of load but advances in tyres have lead to much more predictable performance over it's serviceable life.

I think that grooves may have influenced this slightly and we will see greater performance differential with wear on slicks but not like the old days unless they artificially affect them as suggested.

Don't slicks suffer less from graining phases than grooved tyres?

11-22-2008, 06:39 AM	#13
QEoMi752 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Well, I think Bridgestone is trying to keep themselves in the mix. Unless I am mistaken the rule that teams must use more than one compound per dry-race is going away in 2009. You're mistaken. Both the 2008 and (draft) 2009 sporting regulations clearly state: But this does raise an interesting point of strategy. F1 cars are so light and put so little wear on tires, that they become faster over the course of a run because of fuel burn. All other cars get slower from tire wear. So a softer tire in F1 would either create a net effect of 0.0 seconds over a run, or do something entirely unexpected. Not always. On low tyre-degradation tracks, yes. But then you get situations where the wrong compounds have been brought and the prime is impossible to get enough heat into, or the option just falls away. Weight of a car is a bit misleading as it's load that wears the tyre. F1 cars do generate a lot of load but advances in tyres have lead to much more predictable performance over it's serviceable life. I think that grooves may have influenced this slightly and we will see greater performance differential with wear on slicks but not like the old days unless they artificially affect them as suggested. Don't slicks suffer less from graining phases than grooved tyres?
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