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Simon Mahon medal 5660
28 days ago
Here's a interesting one, now the cold weather has arrived i find myself struggling to keep pace,
Question why ? places like Hungary Austria,GB ,Spa etc etc as the cold weather hits Europe i have been competitive not any more, fortunately before the really cold weather arrived I had already won the title it just seems a little strange unless I'm missing something. 
Here is a perfect example last two races both wet, Australia, 26 degrees stormed to a 1-2. GB, 7 degrees absolutely knowhere, struggled to get above 8th and even ran out of fuel as I was light !!!
So why is my car much slower in the cold, it doesn't appear to have affected the other managers ?
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Jean Todt medal 5942
27 days ago

Simon
Here's a interesting one, now the cold weather has arrived i find myself struggling to keep pace,
Question why ? places like Hungary Austria,GB ,Spa etc etc as the cold weather hits Europe i have been competitive not any more, fortunately before the really cold weather arrived I had already won the title it just seems a little strange unless I'm missing something. 
Here is a perfect example last two races both wet, Australia, 26 degrees stormed to a 1-2. GB, 7 degrees absolutely knowhere, struggled to get above 8th and even ran out of fuel as I was light !!!
So why is my car much slower in the cold, it doesn't appear to have affected the other managers ?



Can i have more details on strategies? Maybe there's the difference? Or it could be about car performance
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Slo Bro medal 6070
27 days ago
If you’re mostly using harder compounds, that would make sense. Or maybe you use a lower then ideal push level, which would kill your race in colder weather?
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Simon Mahon medal 5660
27 days ago
Thanks for the input ,its all what I was thinking ,that's why it doesn't make, sense, I did 5 stops in Australia on inters and 4 in GB but it was 9 laps fewer, so from that perspective there was not a lot of difference of tyres to lap ratio and all done on inters medium push all the way ,they were both wet races, the only major difference was the temperature, in Australia it was touching 30 in GB a dramatic drop to 7 , but over the rest of Europe as mentioned in my earlier posts where it is cold im midfield at best ,other strategies I find almost identical to mine ,
I dont know maybe I'm not keeping the tyre blankets on long enough 😂
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Bogdan Fulga medal 5595
27 days ago (Last edited by Bogdan Fulga 27 days ago)
Yes,but there is still a problem with the cold weather,I raced in Canada and the ss was not heatting up,the temperature was still on blue even on pl5,and it happend on inters too between 2.4 and 3.0mm
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Red Craigie medal 5209 Super Mod
25 days ago
If you are running a constant push level, does that mean you are running offline?

When the temperature drops you have to push harder than you usually would. As a rough rule of thumb it's one push level difference from whatever your normal one is every 10 degrees. This flexes a bit based on how fast the circuit is.

so if you aren't adjusting how hard you push to compensate for lower temperatures, this might be why you are slower than others on the same strategy.
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Bogdan Fulga medal 5595
25 days ago
Red
If you are running a constant push level, does that mean you are running offline?

When the temperature drops you have to push harder than you usually would. As a rough rule of thumb it's one push level difference from whatever your normal one is every 10 degrees. This flexes a bit based on how fast the circuit is.

so if you aren't adjusting how hard you push to compensate for lower temperatures, this might be why you are slower than others on the same strategy.


When are 5°C on a street circuit even the ss don't heat up,push 5
So what can we do when that happens
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Red Craigie medal 5209 Super Mod
25 days ago
Everybody is in the same boat. I assume that this is due to playing NRF at 75/100% and the weight of the fuel in your car at the start of the race impacting your speed, and therefore your ability to heat tyres.

In refuelling the only track that has issues heating tyres at low temperatures that i'm aware of is Hungary. Everything else seems to work alright (in elite anyway, been a while since I raced in Rookie / Pro)

I've mentioned it before but its incredibly hard to balance the tyres for all formats. If it was made so that SS were working ok in NRF you probably will have hards overheating in refuelling on tracks like italy.

So what I would suggest is look for ways to mitigate this to gain an advantage, if I'm right and its down to early race fuel weight, Prioritising FE might help you heat your tyres quicker. Which could help you gain a pace advantage in the race.

Or even without spending differently, if you have the knowledge that tyres will heat up easier later in the race, you can plan your strategies to take advantage of this.
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