Why does a car “pick up rubber” during the in-lap after a race?
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- 11th March 2013, 12:19 at 12:19 pm #132806Aish HeydrichParticipant
I don’t know if these days cars do that but I remember previously the cars used to, after finishing the race the driver slows down and picks up as much rubber as possible. I have heard Radio messages where the driver is also told to do so. Why is it so necessary?
11th March 2013, 12:25 at 12:25 pm #228432Keith CollantineKeymasterTo increase its weight to ensure it passes the minimum weight check.
11th March 2013, 12:28 at 12:28 pm #228433David-AParticipant@aish Because this gains the car some extra weight, without having to suffer for it during the race. The teams run the cars very marginally against the weight limit, so this helps to ensure that the car do not fail any weight tests.
EDIT: Argh! Beaten to it! :)
11th March 2013, 12:29 at 12:29 pm #228434HotbottomsParticipant@keithcollantine I’ve also heard that they make it to increase the height of the car. Is it true? Or in other words, is there a minimum height for the car and do teams try to make their cars as low as possible?
11th March 2013, 12:33 at 12:33 pm #228435Aish HeydrichParticipant@david-a: Thanks mate. This issue was bothering me a bit. Even though Keith beat you to it, I consider your reply as the most helpful. :) Cheers.
11th March 2013, 12:38 at 12:38 pm #228436tmektParticipantI think someone actually got disqualified after some race (Kubica maybe?) because he forgot to do this and the car didn’t weigh enough
not sure though
11th March 2013, 13:12 at 1:12 pm #228437Aish HeydrichParticipantCan the intermediate tyres be faster than the slicks (soft or medium) in dry weather conditions?
11th March 2013, 13:13 at 1:13 pm #228438raymondu999Participant@tmekt wasn’t that Perez after his one stop in Melbourne 2011?
11th March 2013, 13:19 at 1:19 pm #228439tmektParticipant@raymondu999 I have no idea I didn’t watch F1 in 2010-2011
EDIT: according to Autosport it was because of the Sauber’s rear wing, both drivers were disqualified apparently
11th March 2013, 15:07 at 3:07 pm #228440Magnificent GeoffreyParticipant@aish In dry conditions, no. In conditions where the track is wet/damp but it’s not raining, yes. That’s what they are specifically designed for, whereas all the four dry compounds are designed purely for when the track is dry.
11th March 2013, 17:55 at 5:55 pm #228441Aish HeydrichParticipantThank you Magnificent Geoffrey. You are Magnificent.
11th March 2013, 17:57 at 5:57 pm #228442Magnificent GeoffreyParticipantI’m well aware.
11th March 2013, 18:06 at 6:06 pm #228443JimboParticipant@Hotbottoms No the height of the car is controlled by the planks on the floor. Too much wear on those and you are deemed to have been running too low. Other surfaces are measured against the “reference plane” which is essentially the level of the floor.
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