All Posts Tagged With: "Bridgestone"
Further Slick Tyre Testing Scheduled
February 28th, 2008 • Oliver White • 7 Comments
Formula One teams will once again test slick tyres on their cars in April, a repeat of the tests carried out by all teams in December to allow Bridgestone to assess them on a modern F1 machine. Slicks haven’t been used in the sport since 1998 when the FIA decided to make the cars run [...]
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January 1st, 2008 • Oliver White • 4 Comments
Slick Tyres To Be Tested At Jerez
November 21st, 2007 • Oliver White • 0 Comments
Since 1998, Formula One has used grooved tyres during races, initially intended to help reduce cornering speeds and improve safety. However, since then the FIA and the Technical Working Group have drafted in measures to curb speeds by limiting the aerodynamic areas of the cars. As speeds are becoming more controlled through other ways, there [...]
