Understanding Formula 1: Tyres

And while we’re still on the Formula 1 subject, let me show you a shorter clip in which Willy Rampf, Technical Director BMW Sauber, talks about the second most important component of a Formula 1 monopost: the tyres.

I wish he would have covered the subject a little bit more extensive and show us some differences between the dry, slick and wet tryres, but we’ll take what we can get.

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