2017 Tyres revealed

[F1NAC]

Is there a term for the circumferential bead of rubber that builds up on the tire during cornering?

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Graining? looks like that.

[n4rf]

Is there a term for the circumferential bead of rubber that builds up on the tire during cornering?

https://s9.postimg.org/o90tjip7j/image.jpg

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Graining? looks like that.

I would call it blistering or forming of blisters. It is locally too hot rubber that results in the surface of the tire bursting open (blistering). So it is not a bead of rubber. But this dark strip is characteristic for this phenomenon.

[FrukostScones]

AMuS: Pirelli tricked into raising tyre pressures by being handed incorrect (too high) down force values coming always from two certain teams.

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[BanMeToo]

Tires may get softer next year...

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/pire ... 18-907474/

[F1NAC]

Ultrasoft for Spa!

[BanMeToo]

No more hard tires for 2017.

[godlameroso]

Does it make sense to bring ultra softs to Italy?

[SameSame]

How can Spa and Monaco have the same tyre allocation Did Pirelli not say they had softer back-up compounds available?

[ENGINE TUNER]

Does it make sense to bring ultra softs to Italy?

Way more sense than bringing them for Spa

[ENGINE TUNER]

How can Spa and Monaco have the same tyre allocation Did Pirelli not say they had softer back-up compounds available?

I think the back ups were not softer but had more thermal deg built in, not %100 sure though

[FPV GTHO]

I thought the backups were harder, invade development significantly ramped up.

[wuzak]

How can Spa and Monaco have the same tyre allocation Did Pirelli not say they had softer back-up compounds available?

I think the back ups were not softer but had more thermal deg built in, not %100 sure though

I think you are correct. The backup compounds had more degradation designed in.

[DaveW]

Might this be something to do with F1's problems? The image is an animated GIF, better viewed at 200% on my computer, recorded at Spa Q1, I think. The instability, affecting the whole structure, was probably caused by kerbs, but tyres were clear of kerbs in the recording.

Your comments, please....

[FW17]

New tyres are good but it is quiet sad that the current engines with almost a 1000 hp could not crack the 350 kph mark and nowhere close to the all time speed record of 372kph

The current tyres now seem to be limited to just 3 specs in most races with medium and hard not going to be seen again

I think for 2018 Pirelli can offer the 3 softest tyres in 2 sizes to have a range of 6 tyres. 3 types, ultra softs, supersofts and softs in 2017 sizes (305 front 405 rear) and 3 types, ultra softs, supersofts and softs in 2016 sizes (245 front 325 rear)



If they did that will the chassis be able to handle 2 different tyre sizes during the race?

[henry]

Might this be something to do with F1's problems? The image is an animated GIF, better viewed at 200% on my computer, recorded at Spa Q1, I think. The instability, affecting the whole structure, was probably caused by kerbs, but tyres were clear of kerbs in the recording.

Your comments, please....

That's certainly very dramatic footage but it's hard to know how to compare that to any previous era. We have had, in the past, occasional slo-mos of transverse vibrations in slow corners and the notorious Michelin standing waves from Indy.

I wonder if these vibrations were so pronounced because once established there was nothing to attenuate them. The transverse vibrations seen in cornering go away when direction is changed but here the input power to the tyres is pretty much constant as soon as the driver demands WOT.

Incidentally the transverse vibrations were to be seen in the safety car's rear tyres as it traversed the chicanes in the rain during the reconnaissance laps before qualification.