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Michelin want Bigger tyres

Michelin want Bigger tyres

Michelin want Bigger tyres
Michelin want Bigger tyres

Michelin want Bigger tyres

Michelin’s Serge Grisin explains why race tyre makers want bigger wheels

Michelin want bigger tyres on race cars

In their bid for a better relationship between race cars and regular passenger car users,.

So, this will improve tyre development.

Hence many of the racing world’s premiere single-seater championship events. We are heading for an  increase in wheel diameters. In a bid by Michelin to make the tyres used for racing more relevant to everyday road cars,.

The relatively new world of the  electric racing car championship,

At the moment, the top racing championships such as F1, GP2, and Formula Renault all operate their cars on 13-inch wheels, but tyre suppliers, especially Michelin, believe that using 17- or 18-inch wheels will help their technology transition more effectively into everyday road tyres.

Formula E, has become the pacesetter by using different tyres than the rest of the racing world.

Michelin’s Formula E project manager.

Serge Grisin says..”From the very start the idea was to have maximum links between our cars and the street tyres of the future,‘So what we learn in racing is much easier to transfer to a street tyre because of the championship’s similarities”.

I believe that the tyre companies will get their own way, and why not? They are the ones who are having to speed up the transition to greener and more environmentally friendly tyre products. The motorsport scene accelerates the research and development that is required to improve tyre technology.

Michelin want to use bigger tyre

to give the F1 teams more choices as to which tyre compounds to use, and to have more tyre changes during a race and practice session. I am not sure whether Pirelli, who are the present suppliers of tyres, agrees with this, but i do not think that they will give up the franchise so easily.

http://www.pellontyres.co.uk/Tyre/Brand/1272/MICHELIN

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