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<blockquote data-quote="[Joc]" data-source="post: 642057" data-attributes="member: 2823"><p>hyper tuner, i don't think you really want pple to 'feel' u in.... do you? ;)</p><p></p><p>butthead, i think there are mobile chicanes now, and they are quite easily installed. How much better can the tyre take it for 73 laps when it burst in only a few laps? Well i think really a lot, because if they are speeding on the main straight, it shouldn't be a problem. But at that banked turn, the loadings are different on the tyres. Especially the shear stress between the tyre's road contact patch and the side walls. If they were speeding on a straight and not on a banked turn, the loadings would not be longitudinal, hence not ripping the tyre off the side walls. I do agree Michelin has not done a very good job at all here, but apparently Bridgestone had a preview on the new surface of the track during one of Bridgestone's last month event at the same circuit, so i guess they were notified of the more abrasive surface than say Michelin were. That's what i heard from Martin and James (ITV commentators) anyway. Oh well, just a big joke of a race i guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="[Joc], post: 642057, member: 2823"] hyper tuner, i don't think you really want pple to 'feel' u in.... do you? ;) butthead, i think there are mobile chicanes now, and they are quite easily installed. How much better can the tyre take it for 73 laps when it burst in only a few laps? Well i think really a lot, because if they are speeding on the main straight, it shouldn't be a problem. But at that banked turn, the loadings are different on the tyres. Especially the shear stress between the tyre's road contact patch and the side walls. If they were speeding on a straight and not on a banked turn, the loadings would not be longitudinal, hence not ripping the tyre off the side walls. I do agree Michelin has not done a very good job at all here, but apparently Bridgestone had a preview on the new surface of the track during one of Bridgestone's last month event at the same circuit, so i guess they were notified of the more abrasive surface than say Michelin were. That's what i heard from Martin and James (ITV commentators) anyway. Oh well, just a big joke of a race i guess. [/QUOTE]
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