Comments on: F1 decides against ban on tyre warming blankets for 2024 | 2023 Belgian Grand Prix

By: melanos

melanos — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:47:51 +0000

Use a plutonium RITEG to heat the blankets, that comes to null CO2 emissions

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:45:18 +0000

As someone who has largely abandoned F1 (back for Spa) I feel tyre warmers are one of the few things that F1 is getting right. At Spa WEC 2023 cars were typically three or four seconds a lap slower after changing tyres. No tyre warmers makes worse on track racing and worse strategy options.

By: juan fanger

juan fanger — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:38:31 +0000

In reply to Louie. Yes, disappointed.

By: MichaelN

MichaelN — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:30:05 +0000

In reply to Louie.

I’m not sure why so many are against consistently entertaining on-track action

Because F1 teams are all about matching their pre-race simulations about covering the GP distance in the shortest time possible, not racing. Nobody wants to race, because racing takes time and is unpredictable. The fewer variables, the better.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:15:05 +0000

In reply to floodo1. The biggest problem is once the tyres have been heated by the blankets and not fitted to the car the heat cycle means they cant be used again. However if they don’t heat them with blankets and don’t use them on the car, they can be shipped to the next event, customs allowing.

By: Louie

Louie — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:09:21 +0000

Watch any IndyCar race. Inevitably, some car will attempt an undercut and will end up behind the car he's pursuing after they both pit, because the undercutter needs to get up to temperature. However, after they've both pitted, the undercutter has warm tyres and an on-track battle ensues to try and overtake. It's entertaining racing, and happens all the time. I'm not sure why so many are against consistently entertaining on-track action, unless they really enjoy those wide camera shots of one care coming out of the pits and the other going down the straight.

By: floodo1

floodo1 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:59:54 +0000

I don’t get it, using electricity is sustainable, yet they say reducing the tire warmer energy use helps make F1 more sustainable.

And if they want to reduce shipping surely there are better ideas

By: Jere

Jere — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:52:33 +0000

How surprising that the world's so-called best drivers are afraid to race without blankets in high-DF cars such as F1 cars, even though drivers in Super Formula, F2, IndyCar, etc., have proven that driving with un-preheated tyres is perfectly safe in single-seaters with considerably less DF, which in theory, should make matters more risky.

By: S

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:40:26 +0000

In reply to slowmo. Well, there's a surprise....

By: slowmo

slowmo — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 12:37:19 +0000

Teams and drivers will always want to keep anything that helps them go faster. The FIA have bottled it again in order to maintain the status quo.