Why Formula 1 TYRE BLANKETS Cost £22,000
- Posted by vlad3 on Sep 02, 2023
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Formula 1 Tyre Blankets cost £22,000 PER CAR for an F1 weekend - that’s mental!
However, they are packed with INCREDIBLE technology that enables drivers to be quick, straight out of the pits.
So, how do these tyre blankets work? And what makes them cost SO MUCH?
But why do you need them?
It’s all about the rubber in the tyre compound, if you push too hard before the tyres are within the right temperature window, the surface of the tyre is too cold and brittle to generate grip.
So if you push on tyres that aren’t generating grip, you wear the surface rapidly - and can cause graining.
Which reduces the amount of rubber in contact with the track and ultimately the available grip.
So teams and drivers are very careful about how they bring tyres up to temperature.
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