"Racescort666" (Racescort666)
03/15/2014 at 21:43 • Filed to: None
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"Racescort666" (Racescort666)
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NASCAR swap tires with Formula 1. There is obviously a pretty big difference in wheel diameter, NASCAR is 15" while F1 is 13", but assuming they can accommodate for the wheel diameter difference, would it be a terrible idea? How would the teams handle the change? This is obviously purely hypothetical but we're talking about the 2 most popular Motorsports in the world.
f86sabre
> Racescort666
03/15/2014 at 21:55 |
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The Goodyears probably would not enjoy the cornering loads and the Pirellis would probably suffer on the super speedways. Remember Indy 2005.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Racescort666
03/15/2014 at 22:02 |
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Nascar tires - meant to withstand the heavy load of a heavy car in a banked oval for probably over 50 miles in their life. F1 tires - meant to go up and down their temperature range multiple times while giving maximum grip over a variety of G-forces and everything else. I believe the nascar tires would never get up to temperature and would be very hard, even when up to temp.
Garrett Davis
> f86sabre
03/15/2014 at 22:09 |
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Yeah. That was terrrrrrible PR.
Team6.1
> Racescort666
03/15/2014 at 22:44 |
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Would love to try and see an F1 pit stop with 6 guys and 20 lug nuts
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Racescort666
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/16/2014 at 12:15 |
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This is kind of what I was wondering. Temperature cycling is quite different between the 2. Without numbers, I can't buy into the weight/downforce arguement because it entirely comes down to the amount if load on the tire. One may have more load on the tire than the other but they may be comparable, that's why I posed the idea of a tire swap.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Racescort666
03/17/2014 at 09:58 |
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But here's the thing - the NASCAR tires have to put up with the downforxe they generate at 200mph for half an hour or more at a time. F1 tires don't get that same load for that same stretch of time. But F1 tires have to be able to deform a bit more because they go from 180+ mph down a straight to having to do a 30mph hairpin then to a 100mph turn then another hairpin....I'm no tire engineer, but you want that tire to be able to change shape. In NASCAR? Once that fire is up to temperature you'd probably want as little deformation as possible. At 200mph I have an odd feeling that a tire changing shape might result in a problem.