How hot do Formula 1 tires get during a race? And, how hot do the tire warmers get them?
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Tire warmers keep F1 tires at about 80° C (176° F). Tires are surprisinly complex objects - during the race, the optimum operating temperature of the carcass is around 149° C (300° F), while the variation closer to the tread is 120-140° C.
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At a guess, it could just be the way the cars have been set up by the teams operating them - e.g. too much fuel, tyre pressures, suspension geometry, way the cars are being driven perhaps wearing the tyres out faster while the other teams drivers are preserving them better.
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Hi RINA, i think you are a great lover of F-1. Like you I am also a lover of F-1 besides football.Also I am a great fan of MICHAEL SCHUMACHER and FERRARI.
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u've got company dude....by the way..'ave u tried 200mph on a McLaren F1? ask the one who has
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There are a lot of differences, but generally speaking, Indy cars are bigger, faster and more durable whereas F1 cars are more agile and accelerate faster. An F1 car is slower on the straights but much quicker in the corners. The engine has less horsepower but the power comes on quicker and because a Formula One car is lighter and more responsive it reacts faster to the driver's input and the braking is much better.\n\nOther differences:\nTurbo charging\nThis is banned in F1 but still allowed in Indy.\n\nBrakes\nF1 cars use carbon fibre brakes which are lighter and more durable than the steel brakes used by Indy cars.\n\nWeight\nF1 cars minimum weight is 585 kg (1,287 lbs). Indy car minimum weight is 1,550 lbs (704.5 kg).\n\nGround effect\nIn F1, the downforce that a car generates is limited by requiring flat bottoms between the wheels (now with 50mm step). In Indycar shaped ground effect tunnels are allowed, but with strictly controlled dimensions and at a minimum height above the bottom of the chassis. \n\nTracks\nIndy uses primariy ovals with limited road and street courses - F1 uses only road-race style tracks, with the exception of the Monaco street circuit.\n\nNationality\nIndy is basically a domestic U.S. series as far as\nteams, venues and drivers are concerned. However, there are 3 venues outside of the U.S. (Surfer's Paradise, Brazil, Toronto and Vancouver) and an increasing number of foreign drivers. F1 is truly international in teams, engines, venues and drivers although there is a strong European influence, particularly British and Italian.
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Sorry to say I do not know that, but I dare to guess that it is different for different races. Not that I am a big fan or anything but I was watching a show the other day and the racer said you could win the championship without ever winning a race.
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drive 200 mph or more on a race track in a summer day. OR put yourself inside a very hot humid room (just sweat it out)
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Nascar is more exciting, and F1 fans are just jealous because our sport is so hot//ugh who would like to watch F1? i dont get it. Nascar rocks and i dont see why people bash it for NO reason. \n\n*24forever*
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Drivers will sometimes lose up near 10 pounds during a race despite sucking on drinking tubes or getting water bottles.  A lot of times you just don't have to go. (sickness aside a la Tony last year when he had to change his uniform before coming back to victory lane).
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There are many factors that go into pit stops.  The two biggest are fuel and tires.  Many times if the race goes green teams will try to stretch their fuel milage.  In the Nextel Cup races the teams will pit on most cautions for tires but in the Busch races there is a tire restriction so there are fewer pit stops.  Other factors include track position and the number of remaining laps.  If you have good track position with only a few laps to go it would be foolish to pit and lose that track position.  Tire wear is also an issue.  At some tracks old tires can compete with new tires to an extent.  At other tracks tires are worn enough to lose their handling characteristics after only a few laps.  The length of the race is also key.  The longer the race, the more pit stops the teams require.  This is only a small list.  There are many other potential things that can cause the need for a pit stop so it is very hard to give a good answer.
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all brake pads have a temerature range which they are designed for. street pads need to work cold. by brake standards 400 degrees is still a cold pad. race pads need more temp to even start working. mild race pads start about 600 degrees. if rotors are warping, something's wrong. bent hub, improperly torqued wheel, bent wheel. race car rotors get hot enough to glow in daylight. they don't warp.
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FIA Rules & Regulations Sporting Regulations  \n2006 season changes  \n \nA number of changes to both the Sporting and Technical Regulations have been made by the FIA for the 2006 Formula One season.\n\nQualifying\nFor 2006, the single-lap system used in recent years is replaced by a new three-part, knockout format, with multiple cars on track throughout the qualifying hour, which is split into two 15-minute sessions and a final 20-minute session, with five-minute breaks in between.\n\nPart one: All 22 cars may run laps at any time during the first 15 minutes of the hour. At the end of the first 15 minutes, the six slowest cars drop out and fill the final six grid places.\n\nPart two: After a five-minute break, the times will be reset and the 16 remaining cars then will then run in a second 15-minute session - again they may complete as many laps as they want at any time during that period. At the end of the 15 minutes, the six slowest cars drop out and fill places 11 to 16 on the grid.\n\nPart three: After another five-minute break, the times are reset and the final 20-minute session will feature a shootout between the remaining 10 cars to decide pole position and the starting order for the top 10 grid places. Again, these cars may run as many laps as they wish.\n\nIn the first two 15-minute sessions, cars may run any fuel load and drivers knocked out after those sessions may refuel ahead of the race. However, the top-ten drivers must begin the final 20-minute session with the fuel load on which they plan to start the race. The amount of fuel they use in that 20 minutes, as calculated by the FIA, may then be replaced prior to the race.\n\nIf a driver is deemed to have stopped unnecessarily on the circuit or impeded another driver during the qualifying session, then his times will be cancelled.\n\nEngines\nFor 2006, engines are reduced in size from the previous 3-litre V10s to 2.4-litre V8s. The aim is to reduce costs and improve safety. With similar engine speeds, the change is expected to cut peak power by around 200bhp, which in turn is likely to add around three to five seconds to lap times at most circuits. The FIA may allow some teams to use 2005-spec V10s if they do not have access to competitive V8. The FIA will enforce a rev limit on any V10s to ensure performance is comparable with that of a V8.\n\nTyres\nAfter a season’s absence, tyre changes during races return to Formula One in 2006. The thinking behind this is that the reduced engine size will offset any performance gain. Drivers also have access to slightly more tyres than in 2005 - seven sets of dry-weather, four sets of wet-weather and three sets of extreme-weather. Drivers must make a final choice of dry-weather compound ahead of qualifying.\n\nWeekend schedule\nIn a slight change to the Grand Prix weekend format, Saturday morning now features a single, one-hour practice session, as opposed to two, 45-minute sessions. It takes place between 1100 and 1200. Qualifying is an hour later than before, commencing at 1400.  \n \nFIA Regulations in detail \n \nPublished with permission from the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile.\n\nFrom the 2006 Formula One Sporting Regulations:\n\nFREE PRACTICE\n114) Free practice sessions will take place:\na) The day after initial scrutineering from 11.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 15.00.\nb) The day before the race from 11.00 to 12.00.\n\nQUALIFYING PRACTICE\n115) The qualifying practice session will take place on the day before the race from 14.00 to 15.00. \nThe session will be run as follows: \na) From 14.00 to 14.15 all cars will be permitted on the track and at the end of this period the slowest five cars, taking into account only laps which were completed before the end of the period, will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session. \nLap times achieved by the fifteen remaining cars will then be deleted. \nb) From 14.20 to 14.35 the fifteen remaining cars will be permitted on the track and at the
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Hoosier QTP's are specifically made for drag racing. They are considered street legal, as far as the traffic laws are concerned.\nAt the track, they do hook up well. The track is coated with a substance called VHT. You do a burnout just before racing to heat up the tires. This heat comined with VHT is what makes them hook up well.\nOn the street, you don't have the same conditions.  But from personal experience driving them on the street, they DO hook up better than most street tires.\nIf you are going to use these tires on the street, please be aware that the manufactuer warns against it !!\nFor instance, they will not warranty the tire at all. Beyond that, QTP's have very little tread depth. So it's easy to get a flat tire. The soft tread compound means that the more you drive em', the quicker they will wear out.\nThey only have 3 small grooves in the tread, otherwise they basically are a slick. So DON"T drive them in the rain!!!\nAnd QTP's are a bias ply tire, not a radial. You may have handling problems driving at high speeds around corners.\n\nHowever, if you plan to street race with them, then you will do well with this tire. Just remember the above pointers.\n\nGood luck and stay safe.
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There was a change of regulations in 1998 that stated that tires must have grooves, 3 for the front tires and 4 for the rear tires, in order to cut grip and cornering speeds. Up to 1998 pilots used slicks. From 1999 the number has been put to 4 grooves on each tire, but the FIA seems to say, in the rulebook for 2008, that F1 will return to slicks. Probably a bid to increase the number of overtakings, and by that the TV rating. Because overtaking maneuvers done "heroically" are the biggest eyecatchers in F1. And Bernie Ecclestone doesn't want to lose money from broadcasting F1.
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It is important to distinguish between the driver and the machine. \n\nLet us not forget Schumacher has invested 9 years at Ferrari and that has yeilded 4 back to back world titles for them. He joined Ferrari at a time, when they were dogs on the circuit, with last championship win coming at 1979. Schumacher had the the option of joining Mclaren but chose the difficult route of coming to ferrari and building it up.\n\nFrom 96-99, Ferrari suffered as they continue to develop the car, but Michael continued with his relentless spirit to make the car competitive and finish in the top 3. \n\nIt paid of between 2000-04, as 4 back to back tittles followed. \n\nWhat happened in 2005? Well, two things.\n\n1. The other teams caught up on the development. Remember technology and manpower is what makes this sport, so lead time are never permanent.\n\n2. FIA rule changes, wherein car were forced to race with one set of tyres. This rule change hit the ferrari badly, but even then, Schumacher finished third last year, given that he had a dog of the car.\n\nThis year the F248 is more competitive and has more powerful engine. Couple with the tyre changing norms, i think Ferrari are competitive.\n\nAnd i think this sunday at Nurburgring, will demonstrate the improved Ferrari.\n\nMichael was never off form, but now he has a car that he drive the rubber of the tyres. \n\nMark my words, the Meister is back!
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Let's wait until the new cars are launched and the drivers put some test mileage on them.\nWe have absolutely no idea who will have a really good car and who will have an uncompetitive and unreliable one. McLaren had a decent year in 2005, but who would have guessed the team would go without a win in 2006.\nTires/tyres may be the great equalizer in 2007; with a single tire/tyre supplier, look for harder compounds than we saw this year, then look for a car that best uses its tires/tyres.
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Ideal gas law PV=nRT, which means Pressure x Volume = constant x Substance x Temperature.  The n remains constant and the Volume increase is so small that we'll say it is constant too.  That leaves us with P = RT, we know the R (substance) goes up since you are filling the tire with air, but we have two variables left, and depending on certain conditions the temperature or pressure can go up or down.  For that you would need to apply the second law of thermodynamics (entropy, simply stated if you put something hot next to something cold, the cold thing will get hotter and the hot thing will get colder, not vise versa) If you use hot air to fill the tire and the rubber from the tire is cold, the temp will go down (which will also decrease the pressure), if the air is colder than the tire the temp will increase (and so will the pressure).