how may wet tyres are there???

[renniesmill]

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!!!

[Speed]

[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...

[badoer fan]

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

[SevenGrain]

Originally posted by renniesmill


and also, would the wet tyres get worn down and become slicks on a dry track ?

Actually, the rain tires are made of an extremely soft compound and begin to blister and come apart on a dry track. This is why on a drying track you will see drivers on rain tires go off-line onto wet areas of the track to keep the tires wet and cool. Once these rain tires wear, even just a small amount, they produce very little adhesion.

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.

[Jeanburrasca81]

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.

[renniesmill]

thanks speed!

[Jay]

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.

[renniesmill]

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?