News Details
Pirelli fears standing wave issues on Baku's straights
Pirelli boss Paul Hembery admits that the tyre company is concerned about Baku's long straights potentially generating a standing wave issue, which, in an extreme case, could lead to failures. Standing waves can become a threat to the integrity of tyres under certain combinations of high speeds and cornering forces. They created the problems suffered by Michelin at the 2005 US GP, and again became a talking point after last year's Belgian GP, where Sebastian Vettel suffered a failure. That led to stricter monitoring of temperatures and pressures by the FIA and Pirelli. Baku features a series of straights, and the unprecedented long run from the high-speed kinks at Turns 17-20 and back to...
Full Story »
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Is Vettel running Ferrari?
Do the contrasting reactions of Sebastian Vettel and Maurizio Arrivabene...
9y ago from SkySports.com
Vettel open to Ricciardo Ferrari move
Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel says he’d have...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com
Hamilton beats Vettel to Canada victory
Pirelli Media Lewis Hamilton secured victory at the Canadian Grand Prix...
9y ago from F1Zone.net
Vettel leads truncated final session
Scuderia Ferrari Sebastian Vettel led the way for Ferrari during the...
9y ago from F1Zone.net
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
EU approves Liberty Media's purchase of MotoGP and...
Liberty Media has received unconditional approval from the European...
3h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Liberty Media given “unconditional” green light...
No description available...
3h ago from Motorsport.com
Fabio Di Giannantonio ecstatic with ‘dream' and...
Fabio Di Giannantonio secured his second Grand Prix podium of the 2025...
4h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
The winners and losers from MotoGP's Italian Grand Prix
No description available...
6h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Winners and Losers from IndyCar’s Road America...
No description available...
19h ago from Motorsport.com
IndyCar Road America – Race Results
Road America was the scene of this weekend’s IndyCar event, and high...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Santino Ferrucci hangs on for Road America podium,...
No description available...
20h ago from Motorsport.com
Ferrucci survives early race ‘mayhem’ to earn...
Santino Ferrucci finished third in Sunday’s race from Road America,...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Rallies around the world: The ones not to miss – and...
Rallying is unlike any other motorsport. It doesn’t unfold on pristine...
5d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
FIA approves updated bodywork rules for WRC 2027...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Malcolm Wilson appointed as FIA Deputy president for...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Report: Arsenal have new first choice striker target,...
Arsenal have been trying to sign a striker for several windows, and the...
5h ago from FreshArsenal.com
Arsecast Extra Episode 645 – 23.06.2025
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
6h ago from Arseblog.com
Arsenal ready to sell star player for £17 million...
Arsenal are reportedly ready to sell Oleksandr Zinchenko amid interest...
8m ago from SportsKeeda.com
“He is guaranteed goals” - William Gallas tells...
Pundit William Gallas has urged Arsenal to snub their latest transfer...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Lewis Hamilton reveals constant Ferrari engineers 'battle'...
Lewis Hamilton finds himself still searching for... Read More »
2h ago from RacingNews365.com
Lando Norris handed crushing F1 title verdict
Lando Norris finds himself 22 points behind... Read More »
57m ago from RacingNews365.com
Why the F1 movie muted Bridgerton star
The director of the upcoming F1 movie has... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com
