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Originally Posted by Taxi645
Pirelli has no idea how to tackle the extra spray caused by the wider tyre:
https://www.racefans.net/2021/10/02/...nd-up-02-10-4/
"F1 introduced a wider specification of front and rear tyres in 2017. Front wheels grew from 245mm wide to 305mm, while rears went from 325mm to 405mm.
Pirelli’s head of motorsport Mario Isola says this has increased the volume of water the tyres can lift by over 40%. This has made visibility during wet races worse." |
That is not Pirelli's fault, because they didn't mandate the use of wider tyres. The blame for that lies at the feet of the rule makers, the FIA.
It is quite obvious that with wider wheels and tyres that well made tyres will disperse a greater volume of water, i.e. increase the amount of spray. And unless the rules are changed to include covered wheels, the problem will always be there, but that would only reduce the spray fairly marginally.