F1 Tyres After Race
Red bull driver verstappen finished fastest in both practice sessions but his time in the first session was 10 seconds slower than those set last time f1.
F1 tyres after race. It was great to be battling with those guys said russell. The glue that bonds the tires to the wheels renders them useless after they have been removed after each race weekend used of fresh so they are shredded and sold as bulk fuel for high heat requirements such as smelting and cement manufacturing. The williams driver finished last of the 18 runners at the end of the race after making a late third pit stop for fresh tyres. Upon the reintroduction of slicks in 2009 the sidewalls of the softer tyres were painted green to indicate the difference in compound as there were no longer any grooves in tyres.
Answered october 23 2018. Max verstappen has joked the teams may have to switch to spikes on the tyres for sundays turkish grand prix after feeling like he was driving on ice on the opening day of practice at the newly resurfaced istanbul park track. We think that hes hit some kind of. Red bull f1 boss christian horner explained after the race that the team suspected verstappen had hit some debris due to the instant nature of the failure.
He fought for position with alexander albon and lando norris earlier in the race but dropped back after locking up one of his tyres.