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The scale of the time and money put into Formula 1 tyre development is amazing: "The design process took in more than 10,000 hours of indoor testing, more than
by markx2 3y ago
The scale of the time and money put into Formula 1 tyre development is amazing:
"The design process took in more than 10,000 hours of indoor testing, more than 5,000 hours of simulation, and more than 70 prototypes developed virtually, to eventually create 30 different specifications that were tested by nearly all the teams over more than 20,000 kilometres."
https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/motorsport/f1/tyres https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/motorsport/f1/tyres
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.the-beginners-guide-to-formula-1-tyres.61SvF0Kfg29UR2SPhakDqd.html https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.the-beginners-gui...
- xattt 3y ago10,000 hours is 416 days. They may be fudging the numbers by including simultaneous tire testing as sequential (look, we tested 4 tires for 2,500 hours = 10,000 hours!).