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What the Qatar F1 monitor adjustments seem like
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What the Qatar F1 monitor adjustments seem like

By Miles Cooper November 28, 2024
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Seven of the Qatar Method 1 circuit’s 16 corners now characteristic new kerb profiles after adjustments forward of the 2023 race resulted in injury which pressured the FIA to impose most stint lengths in the course of the race.

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The kerbs rose to sharp 50mm factors on their interior edges, with a steep drop-off, the intention being to dissuade drivers from taking liberties with monitor limits. However the high-speed nature of this circuit, mixed with the size of time the vehicles spend on the kerbs, meant the sharply angled profiles had the unintended consequence of inflicting microscopic separations within the tyres’ sidewalls.

As Motorsport.com can reveal right here, every kerb has in impact been ‘shaved’ to provide a flatter prime floor and a much less abrupt drop-off on the skin edge. Tyres ought to subsequently be working underneath much less duress as they trip the kerbs in regular circumstances – and have a much less forceful affect with the bottom if the motive force strays over the sting.

What the Qatar F1 monitor adjustments seem like

Kerbs element

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Kerbs detail

Kerbs element

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F1’s official tyre provider, Pirelli, replicated the brand new kerb profiles on the dynamic take a look at beds at its Milan R&D base and is assured the answer is strong. The corporate already brings the toughest three compounds in its vary – C1, C2 and C3 – to Qatar however the failures final 12 months, which prompted the FIA to impose a most stint size of 18 laps, had been claimed to not be an element of compound sort.

For the reason that authentic so-called ‘Misano’ kerbs had been put in as a deterrent towards exceeding monitor limits, the FIA has needed to discover an alternate resolution. As such the circuit homeowners have put in slender gravel strips on the outer boundaries of the reprofiled kerbs.

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