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| Rand |
 Jan 28 2006, 04:50 PM
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Somebody school me on formula 1 tires... why the tall sidewalls? In street tires, the more extreme, the lower the profile. Shorter sidewalls, less flex, more cornering traction... Seems like in anything except F1, the tires are very low profile.
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| Jeroen |
Jan 28 2006, 11:18 PM
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F1 tires have a fairly stiff sidewall (unlike drag tires)
Most of the suspension travel on an F1 car comes from tire deflection Current carbon suspension arms are designed to flex a certain amount. They're more like leafsprings than hinges As noted... all just stoopid rule restrictions that the manuf. need to work around On LeMans prototype cars you'll see 18 and 19inch wheel/tire combos |
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Rand OT: Formula 1 tire profile Jan 28 2006, 04:50 PM
dinomium trying to keep the racing competitve with grooves ... Jan 28 2006, 04:52 PM r_towle lower sidewall, less flex, therefore less grip.
L... Jan 28 2006, 04:57 PM dlo914 hmm...good question. after some thinking i remembe... Jan 28 2006, 05:00 PM Aaron Cox Jan 28 2006, 05:03 PM Rand I almost mentioned "except drag cars" in my origin... Jan 28 2006, 05:09 PM messix http://www.914world.... Jan 28 2006, 05:28 PM alpha434 Isn't the tire restriction standard for all fo... Jan 28 2006, 07:22 PM dinomium Fomula1.com
It the offical FIA site so of course i... Jan 28 2006, 07:28 PM lapuwali The tires have tall sidewalls because the rules di... Jan 28 2006, 08:53 PM J P Stein James:
These discussions are no fun when someone t... Jan 28 2006, 09:36 PM alpha434 ... Jan 28 2006, 10:04 PM Elliot Cannon The only limits I would like to see is horse power... Jan 28 2006, 11:09 PM Rand Makes me wonder what F1 cars could do if all restr... Jan 28 2006, 11:24 PM lapuwali I wouldn't remove ALL restrictions.
My F1 rul... Jan 29 2006, 12:01 AM Rand I shouldn't have said ALL restrictions. I was ... Jan 29 2006, 12:24 AM dinomium I think that if you remove some of the rediculous ... Jan 29 2006, 12:44 AM
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