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19 Mar 2001, 19:19 (Ref:72769) | #1 | ||
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2? intermediate and full wets??
or there are more?? and also, would the wet tyres get worn down and become slicks on a dry track?? i am disappointed by the pace of Hakkinen... seems to me he only drives fast when he is in the lead, or any chance of winning... he doesn't drive like a champion in malaysia, absolutely poor!!!! i cant believe coulthard finished ahead of him when coulthard had spun off 3 or 4 times (as coulthard said in the post race conference)... maybe hakkinen thinks its too dangerous to drive in rain. he has disappointed me!!! |
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29 Mar 2001, 14:24 (Ref:75249) | #2 | ||
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[From www.f1racing.net]
As per the regulations, two types of dry tyre and three types of rain tyre will be available at Interlagos Hope this helps... |
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29 Mar 2001, 16:41 (Ref:75266) | #3 | ||
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renniesmill, I agree, Hakkinen does only seem to try when he's leading. At Nurburgring '99, he dropped right back after those tyre stops, and it ended up almost costing him the championship
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Also I agree that Hakkinen was less than impressive in the wet. Alain Prost was the same way, he hated the rain and didn't think it was safe. |
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30 Mar 2001, 15:01 (Ref:75453) | #5 | ||
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I thought that usually there were only 2 types of wet tyres. Intermediates and real wets. Maybe there are tyres for lighter rain and socalled monsoon-tyres at Interlagos...I'm not sure.
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30 Mar 2001, 23:41 (Ref:75597) | #6 | ||
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thanks speed!
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31 Mar 2001, 03:23 (Ref:75632) | #7 | ||
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Actually there are several types of wet tyres.
Intermediate - good for light rain or a drying track, but not suitable for the dry Hard and Soft Wet tyres - for your regular rain race and Monsoon Tyres - for when it is really pouring! However, they usually call out the safety car before the cars get a chance to use these (ie Malaysia) So there are 4 types of wet weather (or 3, if you don't count intermediates) tyres available to a team in a given weekend. It should be noted that the "soft" and "hard" compounds could be just about any two types of wet weather compounds. Last edited by Jay; 31 Mar 2001 at 03:24. |
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31 Mar 2001, 13:05 (Ref:75711) | #8 | ||
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and you can have infinite number sets of wets inc. intermediates, right? unlike the drys you are limited to 12 sets a weekend or something like that?
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