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Originally Posted by Axeman444
So, Barbagallo as a highly abrasive circuit, but relatively low speed, is tyre wear anywhere near that at the high speed but relatively normal abrasiveness of PI?
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My understanding (which may not necessarily be correct) is that tyre WEAR at Barbagallo would be greater than PI. Tyre FAILURE, as opposed to wear, was high at Phillip Island due to excessive stresses on the tyres internal construction. I haven't seen any references to tread wear on the PI tyres so have no idea what sort of conventional wear they had - the treads may still have been OK?
What disappoints me is that I remember reading before Clipsal that Dunlop were recommending reducing the amount of negative camber, but if anything it seems the teams pushed the other way. Then the majority of fans seem to want Dunlop's head on the block?
If your engine builder said we recommend you don't go over 7500rpm, but you say nah, we'll push it to 8000rpm, do you blame the engine builder if it goes pop?