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<blockquote data-quote="prodigy" data-source="post: 866081" data-attributes="member: 232"><p>nakata86,</p><p></p><p>Its the tyre compounds that matters most. No matter what, AD07 and ST115 are still road tyres whereby you will have a good 30,000km before the tyre needs a change. F1 tyres is a totally different tyre altogether. The compounds, the tyre structure and grooves are simply not made for highway use and also it will never last more than 500KM per tyre. That is also if you drive a F1 car slowly. Imagine these guys are doing an average of 180kmh per race and the tires look like its been raped when the race finishes after 300+km.</p><p></p><p>We might also been forgetting that F1 tires are only grippy when reached certain temperatures. Below that, its as good as driving in the wets. To reach that temperature, you need to drive pretty fast and corner pretty hard. Thats why you see the drivers doing so much zig zagging before every race starts and thats to bring up the temperature. Even that, the temperatures are not high enuff for the tyres to be working optimal. Maybe after a lap or so. So what i'm trying to say is, our highway road compound isn't like Sepang track or any other track. Normal roads could be a lot more abbrasive as compared to a smoother track surface. Secondly, you don't expect the F1 cars to be doing 180kmh on the highway just to bring up the temperature to have good grip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="prodigy, post: 866081, member: 232"] nakata86, Its the tyre compounds that matters most. No matter what, AD07 and ST115 are still road tyres whereby you will have a good 30,000km before the tyre needs a change. F1 tyres is a totally different tyre altogether. The compounds, the tyre structure and grooves are simply not made for highway use and also it will never last more than 500KM per tyre. That is also if you drive a F1 car slowly. Imagine these guys are doing an average of 180kmh per race and the tires look like its been raped when the race finishes after 300+km. We might also been forgetting that F1 tires are only grippy when reached certain temperatures. Below that, its as good as driving in the wets. To reach that temperature, you need to drive pretty fast and corner pretty hard. Thats why you see the drivers doing so much zig zagging before every race starts and thats to bring up the temperature. Even that, the temperatures are not high enuff for the tyres to be working optimal. Maybe after a lap or so. So what i'm trying to say is, our highway road compound isn't like Sepang track or any other track. Normal roads could be a lot more abbrasive as compared to a smoother track surface. Secondly, you don't expect the F1 cars to be doing 180kmh on the highway just to bring up the temperature to have good grip. [/QUOTE]
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