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Post by wilmywood8455 on Oct 17, 2023 9:12:06 GMT -8
Although the tyres are unlikely to make headlines around Austin this weekend in the way they did at Qatar last time out, they will probably be every bit as crucial in determining the order.The layout and surface of the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) places a very specific combination of demands upon the tyres – and some cars tend to resolve the conflict of these demands better than others. Because the first sector features the very fast interconnected Esses (Turns 3-4-5-6) – a section of track where the tyres are under extreme and sustained load with no straight in between in which they can cool – much of the tyre’s energy is already spent early in the lap. Although Sector 2 (which begins just before Turn 7 and ends just after the tight Turn 12 at the end of the back straight) gives them something of a breather, they are required to support sustained high loads again through the long parabolica of Turns 16-17-18 in Sector 3, meaning the rears in particular tend to be too hot for ultimate traction out of the tight final two turns, 19 and 20.
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