Thursday, March 16, 2006
# posted by Rich @ 11:29 PM
Toyota tyre troubles
According to several sources, the route of Toyota's poor performance at Bahrain was the inability to get heat into their tyres, so much so that their tyres were something like 60 degrees below their optimal operating temperature. It is probably no coincidence that Bahrain was the first race in which Toyota were using Bridgestone rubber, although they have been testing with them over the winter.
In the past, as far as I understood it, Toyota have run with lower tyre pressures, which causes more mechanical work in the tyre side wall, which generates more heat in the tyre. However, it is suspected that this was the cause of the tyre failures at Indianapolis 2005, thus you can understand why Toyota (and more to the point Bridgestone) are reluctant to resort to this tactic this time around!
In the past, as far as I understood it, Toyota have run with lower tyre pressures, which causes more mechanical work in the tyre side wall, which generates more heat in the tyre. However, it is suspected that this was the cause of the tyre failures at Indianapolis 2005, thus you can understand why Toyota (and more to the point Bridgestone) are reluctant to resort to this tactic this time around!
Labels: Formula 1
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