2009: The long awaited return of slicks

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One of the positives of the new regulations will no doubt be the return of ungrooved, dry weather tyres. While the FIA has moved to drastically reduce the aerodynamic grip of the car and hence lower the apex speed in fast corners, the increase of mechanical grip will allow the cars to go faster in the slowest corners.
The change isn't however as simple as one may expect, as the tyre compounds and structure will be different. It has also emerged that because of this change, teams will have to move even more weight towards the front of the car, another challenge for the previously Michelin shod teams, who are grown accustomed to a rearward weight bias.
As usual, Bridgestone will supply the tyres, 2 different compounds at each Grand Prix, selected between 4 different types over the span of the season.




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By HenryChannel on 30-11-2008 at 00:08

Hi Tomba,
You can get some photos of Circuit of Catalunya Tests on
http://henrychannel.blogspot.com/

Best regards,
Henry from Brazil


By JoshJ81 on 11-02-2009 at 21:14

How will the tires be marked for the prime and option for 2009?


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