Yet again, I feel you have missed every single point!
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Originally Posted by SV650Racer
Having done 2 flying laps and come back in to measure the tyre temp and take pressure readings they are around 2 PSI and 10oc off full working temp that occurs on a tyre such as a supercorsa 3 laps in onwards.
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I am not sure what you are measuring here? 2 flying laps after what? being sat in the collecting area for 10 mins in the cold? 1 warmup/out lap, then 2 flying laps?? Or just out of the warmers then the same? I am not sure of the relevance if it is either of those? an outlap straight into 2 flyers is vastly different to a single warmup lap after a 10 min wait in the collecting area/grid ..
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Originally Posted by SV650Racer
The benefits are that by keeping the tyres at a temp other than "cold" it lessens the amount of heat and cooling cycles the tyres have to go through. Compounded race tyres are designed to work with warmers and be pre-heated to wake up the compound.
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Er ... the tyres come out of the warmers, you then sit in the collecting area in cold breezy weather for 10 mins, tyre temp then down to (not a lot), how is that not 'cycling' the tyre just as much as coming in from one race, letting them cool and the next time they get warm is during the race?
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Originally Posted by SV650Racer
Steve ran slicks at the weekend in 4oc with no probs getting them upto temp.
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But how long was he in the holding area and how far did he have to go to get there?? i.e. was it a last min dash out from the top garage when they were about to go, or did he come from the depths of the outer paddock (gota be ~1/2 mile run in that??) and be the first one sat in the collecting area? One has a few seconds cool-off, the other 10-15mins ...