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OT: Tires

4 posts by 4 people · 18 Mar 2001 08:17 UTC - 18 Mar 2001 22:42 UTC

Regular Racer 18 Mar 2001 08:17 UTC#195268
Why do they have "Monsoon" rain tires in F1 if they never race in Monsoon condtions? (Hint: Pace Car). -Cheers!
It's a "safety" issue. They use those grooved tires to try and bring the speeds down... "Regular Racer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:T7_s6.5158$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (8 lines)> Why do they have "Monsoon" rain tires in F1 if they never race in > Monsoon condtions? (Hint: Pace Car). > > -Cheers! > > > >
"> It's a "safety" issue. They use those grooved tires to try and bring the > speeds down... > > "Regular Racer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:T7_s6.5158$[email hidden]... > > Why do they have "Monsoon" rain tires in F1 if they never race in > > Monsoon condtions? (Hint: Pace Car). According to the Speedvision announcers, the Bridgestone engineers said even a 'monsoon' tire cannot work properly in the SE Asia Monsoon conditions. But travel expenses aside...this really begs another question. Why, after the disaster at England last year...do the schedulers insist on having races out of season in most of the Southern Hemisphere??? dave henrie
Quoted text (8 lines)> > > > -Cheers! > > > > > > > > > >
There's only one reply to this question. The politicians answer. "That's a very good question Dave. Why don't you tell me why and I'll tell you if you're right." Chris Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KX5t6.588863$[email hidden]... | | "> It's a "safety" issue. They use those grooved tires to try and bringthe
Quoted text (13 lines)| > speeds down... | > | > "Regular Racer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | > news:T7_s6.5158$[email hidden]... | > > Why do they have "Monsoon" rain tires in F1 if they never race in | > > Monsoon condtions? (Hint: Pace Car). | | According to the Speedvision announcers, the Bridgestone engineers said | even | a 'monsoon' tire cannot work properly in the SE Asia Monsoon conditions. | But travel expenses aside...this really begs another question. Why, after | the | disaster at England last year...do the schedulers insist on having races
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Quoted text (14 lines)| of | season in most of the Southern Hemisphere??? | dave henrie | | > > | > > -Cheers! | > > | > > | > > | > > | > | > | |

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