Michelin's return to normality in GP of France will not be an easy one

[ralphdig]

Dupasquier(Mich Boss) admits Michelin's return to normality in France will not be an easy one on a Magny-Cours track which is punishing on tyres.

He said: "The track surface at Magny-Cours tends to be more abrasive than many on which we race during the course of the season.

"The lay-out might be fairly conventional, but the ultra-quick right-hander at Estoril and the Adelaide hairpin provide a couple of significant talking points.

"For a tyre manufacturer, the biggest challenge is to produce a compound capable of coping with the high loads generated through Estoril.

"It might only account for 5% of the lap, but it dictates our range of options for the weekend. If it wasn't there, we would be able to run softer tyres."

Again they are accepting their F1 tyres are not any good for high speed!

So now what, will they ask to install a chicane at all fast corners in the season?

[eddiec]

maybe they are getting their excuses in before anything goes wrong.

i do hope it goes as "normal" so the usgp can be put behind the teams and tire mfg's.

also the big fia world council meeting is tomorrow to discuss what penalties the teams will face for their actions.

[Nismo_Freak]

"It might only account for 5% of the lap, but it dictates our range of options for the weekend. If it wasn't there, we would be able to run softer tyres."

Again they are accepting their F1 tyres are not any good for high speed!

So now what, will they ask to install a chicane at all fast corners in the season?

Yet again you prove your inability to logically understand the physics behind tires.

Loading is a result of weight. Higher G's (physical loading) and speed (aerodynamic load) are when the tire is under the greatest load and is most likely to fail due to the sudden increase in pressure and resulting friction induced thermal heating.

What they are talking about is what level of compound and construction to use in order to cope with this single corner without slowing the car over the rest of the track.

It's the same for anything, when you have a dynamic race course you will have alot of people stressing over alot of numbers as to what they should sacrifice to make a faster all around speed.

It has nothing to do with Michelin, it's just the media riding the wave. I can assure you the engineers at Bridgestone are working around the same problem.

[ralphdig]

You are right, I can understand physics of racing, but after the Indy fiasco, I got mad with Michelin and my posts were driven most by angry, but it´s over now, thanks.



Even with the tyre test handicap(+40,000KMs for Mich) I am sure Ferrari will win the Constructors Championship.

[Exar-Kun]

Ferrari>all.

-Chet