I've just been watching a F1 crash compilation. In particular there was one where Grosjean span in the middle of the track. His car was concealed by the smoke generated by the tyres locking up and someone crashed into him. Smoke in general is, of course, very dangerous for following cars as it impedes visibility. Has any work been done to reduce the smoke generated?
Yes, that's the Grosjean incident, but please don't fixate on that one incident. There are plenty of incidents which generated significant smoke.
Wasn't much the same said before the introduction of the halo, before when Massa nearly got killed?
Why? Rubber is just a vulcanised hydrocarbon (isoprene), isn't it? And hydrocarbons decompose to water and CO2, the latter of which is invisible.. So I wonder if vulcanising with something other than sulphur might be beneficial?
I've seen other incidents where locking up has generated significant smoke which has impacted drivers behind. Not necessarily causing crashes, but more than enough to impact visibility.
Heh. The email address on their website - [email protected] - gives a non-delivery report.