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THE WIZARD DK · (This post was last modified: 2023-06-26 18:43 by THE WIZARD DK.)

Formula 1 Tire Blankets Could Go The Way Of The Dinosaur By 2024
To preheat or not preheat, that is the question when it comes for F1 tires.

Article to be found here

Top teams are resisting a push to see tire blankets banned in Formula 1.

The sport is keen to move away from the costly and energy-hungry practice of pre-heating tires. The topic even showed up on the agenda of a meeting at the F1 Commission in London on Wednesday.

However, some teams are arguing that, with orders already placed for tire blankets in 2022, drivers will struggle to get heat into their rubber without them. The question gets even stickier when it comes to the low-profile tires set to debut in 2022.

From Danish news channel DR1:
Article is in Danish

Danish Kevin Magnussen will get to test these after the Austrian race and that could be an advantage for him as he is a so called risk driver.