Welcome to the discussion post for the 2023 British Grand Prix practice sessions.

Last weekend the race thread was created by one of our users and that went down really well, so I see no reason to not do that from now on.

Given the amount of comments during practice, we may as well keep them all together for now.

Please, if you don’t see a post for Qualifying and the Race, feel free to make it. I’ll keep an eye out and pin them if they’re made. We’re still working on bots!

  • @[email protected]OPM
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    41 year ago

    I’m not sure of the context of the question, but on a green track like Silverstone currently is, the lack of grip can cause the wheels to slip which generates surface temperature which can cause the tyre to overheat and thus be at a suboptimal temperature and pressure, meaning reduced grip.

    • @DV8
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      51 year ago

      Context is that drivers are reporting that the track doesn’t seem to be rubbering in like they’re expecting with the changes that supposed to have happend to the tires during fp1 now. Maybe it’s just a matter of not being rubbered in enough, I guess?

        • @DV8
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          21 year ago

          Only heard it from the commenters and as I’m only having it on in the background while I’m working, I could be very wrong.

          But I understood that they’re making the tires more rigid so that they’re more durable because they expect Silverstone to put a lot of stress on the tires. I first thought it was specifically for the tire test, but I seemed to have understood that this was why drivers were complaining about grip.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Why is it green? Has there not been enough racing prior to this f1 race to bring it in? Or is it the weather that’s washing it clean?