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Academic if it isn't allowed in the regs. But brake heat would'nt transfer excessive heat from the friction components directly to the wheels.
Wheel construction does believe it or not contribute to lap times! Back to back tests at my sons team with the wheels Ferrari had been using exclusively last season against there own type were worth one and a half to two tenths of a second! That's a fact.
We had experienced this at the International FSA karting level, where we found 'measurable' time, as did others, by changing wheel rims (and hub carriers) in certain track conditions. Karts as with stiff cars benefit from wheel flexability or rigidity.
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