Matteo Capriotti medal 5000 12 years 154 days ago
hi to all managers :)
in your opinion what are the elements that affect tyres wear?
obviously one element is the tyre wear information in the circuit page, but there are certainly others of those elements that i don't know actually because in the same circuit, with the same type of tyres and the same amount of fuel i have a different tyre wear....
what is your opinion?
Youen Vyme medal 5000 12 years 153 days ago
Most of the tracks are wrong any way... or if they aren't wrong, they act unusually.
I'm not entirely sure what you are asking. I've basically found that softs work better almost everywhere.
What elements affect tyre wear? That basically comes down to the track wear in the info tab - except some tracks like Monza show as low wear when they are really more like very high.
Most importantly what affects how hot the tyres run is just the day temperature. Go to Abu Dhabi or Bahrain in 40 + degree temps and the softs overheat even on the lowest push level.
Edit: You have to remember every track is different regardless of what the info tab says. If you have two tracks, one being 5km long and the other being 7km long, the tyre wear per lap is going to be different even if they are both "high" wearing tracks, just since every lap is longer.
Matteo Capriotti medal 5000 12 years 153 days ago
thanks for the reply.
i know that tyre wear is affected by the relevant information in the info-tab of the track.
my question was about what are others elements that affected the tyre wear....
now with your help i know that track temperature influence the tyres temperature like in a real race, but i still don't know if in the same track, with the same track temperature, with the same type of tyres, with the same amount of fuel, with different push level, how work the tyre wear?
example A
track: Spain
track temperature: 30°
tyres: hard
fuel: 40l
push level: take big risks, we have nothing to lose
after 10 laps tyres (%) goes from 100% to 50%
example B
track: Spain
track temperature: 30°
tyres: hard
fuel: 40l
push level: we must bring the car at home, don't take any risks
now, considering the example A, we can have 2 possibilities:
1_after 10 laps tyres (%) goes from 100% to 50% (like in the example A, so we have the same tyre wear)
2_after 10 laps tyres (%) goes from 100% to 60% or any value greater than 50% (tyre wear is affected by tyre temperature, therefore by the push level)
i'll test the examples in the next races...
what do you think about?
David Brady medal 5000 12 years 153 days ago
The harder you push the more tyre wear(and the faster tyres heat up) + if tyres are overheated they wear faster [and run slower] so you will want to change your "push setting" during every race to maximise use. + tyre wear is not constant and more "arc" shaped, higher wear on new tyres and lower wear as the laps continue
using your example above IMO example A will beat example B by a mile [in a race] although neither are ideal
Example A will overheat the tyres & example B will never get the tyres upto temp, B will prob have roughly 3/4 of the wear A does
Matteo Capriotti medal 5000 12 years 153 days ago
great info in your post David. thanks a lot :)