What Happens To F1 Tyres After A Race?

at every Formula 1 race they use over 1,200 individual tires and these are key for If a driver is wanting to either win a race or to just simply be quicker than your own teammates oh sh CL locks up this is a deep dive into the world of Formula 1 tires because as soon as that Checkered Flag Falls and the race is over all of these are taken away and never seen again but this is what happens to Formula 1 tires after a race but let's take a step back and first ly understand why so many tires are used at every race now each driver that takes part in the championship is allocated 15 sets of tires per round which are provided to them by the official Tire partner pelli the allocated amount is a mixture of different tire compounds which can change from round to around depending on the location and also the weather conditions but what you'll usually find is firstly eight sets of the red soft tire which will give you the quickest lap time but its lifespan is limited to a handful of laps before its grip to the Circuit starts to wear off next up you'll have two sets of the white hard Tire which is the slowest compound you'll get with the slick tires however its lifespan on track can be enormous you'll then get three sets of the yellow medium Tire which is kind of being a mixture of the two compounds so not being the quickest on the circuit but the tire will be able to manage more laps and because of the potential 5 and 1 half hours they'll have out on track every race weekend the teams need a few amounts of tires to cycle through but not too much that they have an endless supply if the race organizers determine it as wet then teams are allowed to use the same Tire throughout the whole race that being a full set of the wet Tire which is designed to have huge grooves to help disperse the water away whilst it's raining and then a set of the intermediate Tire which is more used for when the rain is stopped but this still has water on track and it has slightly better grip for where you have dry patches on the track now when the checker flag Falls and the race is over and it's coming to the end of the race weekend all of the tires have to then return to prelly even the ones which weren't used during the practice sessions or the race however the wheel rims and their wheel covers are belonging to the teams which travel around the world with a car but just not the rubber tire to help the teams and PR keep track of the tires they each have a unique number associated in a form of a barcode during the manufacturing process of the tire the r governing body for Formula 1 the FIA has a unique number allocated to each individual Tire the FIA then randomized all of those numbers and put them into sets for the teams and then all of that information is then sent back to pry in order for them to know who they've been given out to so when the tires reach the logistical Center in the UK these are then scanned using a barcode to be logged into the system in order to know which Tire belongs to which driver of which team plus when the tire is first added to the wheel room inside is a sensor which measures the tire's temperature and its pressure so this barcode can also link up that sensor to the tire and to the wheel room which can also act as a checkout inventory this way both the teams and the FIA can keep track on which tires have being used so far and so they don't accidentally mix up a set of tires and this relates to another rule that when you come in to change your tires for a pit stop all four tires must be swapped out for a completely different set so you can't use the front two from one set and another two from another set so then the race is finished and all Tires and wheel rims will be returned back to the prly fitting area which is located within the Formula 1 Paddock now as the name suggests the pretty fitting area is where all the tires eventually come to the racetrack to actually be put onto the wheel rims these usually come in shipping containers which are kept at around about 25° this way the tires are already at the optimum temperature when they arrive at circuit and So within the fitting area as well as adding them onto the wheel rims this is also where the tires are taken off this is all done on site so they have more control over the tires air pressure and can monitor any vibrations from any imbalance from when it's added onto the wheel rim and so it's pretty standard for Formula 1 Wheels to be unbalanced for the first time so to quickly fix this the machine will tell you how much weight you're needing to counterbalance and stick onto the wheel rim and then these tires are then ready to give over to the Formula 1 teams and then of course at the end of the race weekend these are where all the wheels return to now let's say a team has a spare set of wet tires or a spare set of intermediate tires these can be taken off and reused again in a future session predominantly because they are a much harder compound and normally used in cooler conditions unfortunately though this isn't the same case for dry tires these soft medium or hard tires regardless if they were used in a session or not are cut and then crushed down and put into the back of a storage container and then these containers are then sent back to the UK now this might be a site which upsets Formula 1 fans but please let me explain why they do this and why they can't just simply give it away to Formula 1 fans like me you let's first address why they can't reuse the dry slick tires even if they haven't been used within the race session these dry tires are first brought up to air pressure whilst they're cold and once the rubber has expanded and settles at a correct pressure this is when the Heat Blankets are turned on this is done so when the car is about to leave the garage or comes in for a pit stop the air inside is already at hot temperature at precise pressure this is because if you went out with cold tires and without any heat treatment whilst driving around naturally the tires will get extremely warm and that air pressure inside would become even greater and could even cause the tires to malfunction and so because of the heat of treatment that activates the chemicals inside which if it was to go cold again and then reheated that then could also become a safety issue as its structural Integrity has changed but I get it you know I would love to have my very own Formula One race tire at home whether it's been used in the race or not it would just be great memorabilia to have but unfortunately for a number of reasons this can't happen the first being that PRI are just the official Tire supplier for the Formula 1 championship this is all actually looked after by Formula 1 and the FIA so first of all they would need the approval from both the governing body and the championship secondly it's also the case of protecting their own intellectual property and by that what I mean is that py are not the only atire supplier that are out there in the world that would love to work with Formula 1 which is just one of the reasons why PRI hold their own private test days with the Formula 1 teams to get their feedback into how they can constantly improve their tires every season and so if their brand new Formula 1 race tire was out there ready to purchase by anybody a competitor could buy that diagnose it in a lab to find out how it was made what materials were done into the rubber which could then ultimately threaten their business to be replaced in Formula One and at the end of the day pry just wants to make the best racing tires out there and it's just simply easier to not run the risk now once all of the tires have been accounted for and packed away these are then shipped back over UK where the tires are then shredded down into small pellets now many Formula 1 fans out there myself included have tried to research into the location of where Peri send the Formula 1 tires back into the UK maybe with the hope of going there one day and maybe trying to blag one of these Formula 1 tires for yourself before they get shredded down into small pellets as a small bit of memorabilia now some people have found a location in Oxford and I can happily say this is not the recycling center this is a logistical Center and please do not go there the misconception is that this is where all the Formula 1 tires get returned to where in actual fact it's the other way around this is purely just the logistical Center where all the tires are initially sent to and then get logged into the system and then they're sent from here to go to all of the races but again this is not where all the Formula 1 tires return after a race this is done in a completely separate recycling center which looks after a bunch of different other tires coming in not just related to Formula 1 these small rubber pellets are then sent to cement factories and burned to extreme temperatures to be used as as fuel which fun fact because of the high temperature it's Burns at it doesn't create any pollution and so if you're wanting your very own Formula 1 Tire to own I can give you some recommendations but first of all I need to give you a bit of a disclaimer if you're seeing any listings of sa selling you a Formula One Tire most likely it's not an actual Formula 1 Tire it's a showcar tire which is still created by pelli and just like you have display models for Formula 1 cars you have the exact same for the tires P produced showc car tires which look the exact same part and feel the same part but adj just that they just on for display PR do still make Formula 1 tires for people who own Formula 1 cars so if you're wanting a tire best bet is to maybe ask someone who owns a Formula 1 car privately the only proper recommendation I can give you is to use a website like F1 Authentics and by no means is this an advert they're not paying me to say this but basically pre create wind tunnel tires which are used for the Formula 1 teams when their wind tunnel testing and you most likely have already seen these tires because they've been used as the poll position award for when drivers are quickest and qualifying and because this is already part of the business for prelly they are able to then sell it through a website like everyone Authentics but if you want to learn more about how Formula 1 works then why not consider subscribing my name is myus thank you very much for watching and I'll see you next time

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Published: Tue May 07 2024