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2024 Belgian Grand Prix - [PRACTICE 3] discussion thread (self.formula1)

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ROUND 14: 🇧🇪 Belgium

FORMULA 1 ROLEX BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

Circuit name: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
First Grand Prix: 1950
Number of laps: 44
Circuit Length: 7.004 km
Race Distance: 308.052 km
Lap record: 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
2023 winner: Max Verstappen

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[–] Kurzweil 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Could someone help me since I’m a newish fan? They never seem to actually use the wet tire. It goes Dry -> Inters -> Red flag.

Why is that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You got some answers about visibility and safety, but let me add some details about the tires.

Wet tires are meant for conditions where it's absolutely pouring down. They can disperse 85 liters (~22 gallons) of water at 300 km/h (~186 m/h) per second per tyre. That's a crazy amount of water, and conditions aren't bad enough usually to warrant this.

And then if it is warranted, you can ask yourself whether it's still safe due to visibility and low grip due to cold tyres.

Intermediates can displace about half of the water at 300 km/h per tyre, and this covers it most of the times.

[–] Kurzweil 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks everyone! Kinda nice to ask a question somewhere online and get a nice reasonable answer without being torn apart. 👌🏻

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