Why low profile tyres make sense for F1

Jonnycoupe · 12 Apr 2010 at 00:12

Flibster said:
Not sure about now - but we always worked around a normal maximum 5mm of movement in the damper itself - unless the damper was of a certain type where a blow-off valve was fitted and allowed massively more movement very easily - required a very high initial load to pass that point though. Normally used for drivers who used the kerbs a lot.

On top of that 5mm there was normally around 3-5mm movement in the tyre.

What sort of ratio is in the rocker on those applications?

shahpor · 12 Apr 2010 at 01:44

I'm sorry, but among other things, an F1 car should be good looking and those 18 inch wheels look horrible!

OspreyO · 12 Apr 2010 at 02:03

shahpor said:
I'm sorry, but among other things, an F1 car should be good looking and those 18 inch wheels look horrible!

Pimp my F1 - please no ...

Flibster · 12 Apr 2010 at 13:17

Jonnycoupe said:
What sort of ratio is in the rocker on those applications?

Depended on the teams. We went from direct input up to 3:1 iirc.
We did have one team that just ran torsion bars one year. No dampers at all - must have been a bit of a hard ride that one. It was also a very easy contract that year.