Friday, August 22, 2014

What is the difference between the Formula one racing car tyres and normal car tyres?

What is the difference between the Formula one racing car tyres and normal car tyres?
Formula 1 cars use tires called slicks. Likewise, Drag racing cars use slicks, and NASCAR uses slicks as well, the tires are just of different sizes. The difference between slicks and normal tires is vast. Slicks are soft rubber tires, with no tread. At first, this can be dangerous, as your tires have no traction, or they are "Slick". However after a few laps around the track, or after a long burnout (Drag racing) the slicks heat up, and become sticky, they stick to the track in hot conditions far better than conventional tires. Slicks stay warm all race long after that. Conventional tires are composed of many different layers of rubber and metal mesh, these layers are considered a "ply". If you have a truck with 8 ply tires, they have 8 layers of rubber and metal mesh in the tread. The higher ply, the better for hauling a load. The issue with using normal tires for racing is: One, normal tread tires are designed to grip the road to a point, but they will easily lose traction under a lot of power, especially with the amount of torque and horsepower a race car puts out. Two, normal tires aren't meant for high speeds. Slicks are meant for high speed, based on the speed rating. So at high speeds, normal tires can disintegrate.

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