Coloured sidewalls for slicks

[scotty]

Why don't they just use coloured wheels? i.e. Black for hard tyres and coloured for the softs... then at least they could match the team colours, i.e. for McLaren, silver wheels, red for Ferrari and so on. It'd be a damn sight less ugly than massive blocks of white paint on the side of the tyres!

[PetroTK40]

Why don't they just use coloured wheels? i.e. Black for hard tyres and coloured for the softs... then at least they could match the team colours, i.e. for McLaren, silver wheels, red for Ferrari and so on. It'd be a damn sight less ugly than massive blocks of white paint on the side of the tyres!

I like that idea. pretty smart d00d

[Mikep99]

More tyre news from Bridgestone.

Bridgestone sees McLaren, Ferrari traits
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69715
Small differences in the handling characteristics of the McLaren and Ferrari cars could be a major contributing factor in their fluctuating title fortunes, reckons tyre supplier Bridgestone.

The pace of the two teams has swung dramatically in the last two races, with McLaren having been dominant in Germany but facing defeat to Ferrari in Hungary before Felipe Massa's late race engine failure.

This varying form has prompted suggestions that the way the two cars use their tyres is proving crucial with little to separate the two teams in terms of out-and-out pace.

Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone's director of motorsport tyre development, is one who is convinced that the differences between the balance of the MP4-23 and the F2008 could explain their form in recent races.

In particular, he thinks the understeering nature of the Ferrari could be a major cause of the qualifying issues that have hampered the team's chances of stronger results in recent races.

"Basically the Ferrari has more of a tendency to understeer than the McLaren," Hamashima told autosport.com. "The McLaren is a little bit oversteery. When the tyre has good grip, the car with the oversteer tendency will be quicker over a single lap than a neutral or understeering car.

"But when you think about racing conditions - especially with the temperatures we had at the Hungaroring – then an oversteering car will have heat generating at the rear much higher than the understeering car.

"Looking at Hungary and (Lewis) Hamilton's car behaviour, after a few laps he struggled with oversteer - so he was making lots of counter-steering movements. On the other hand the Ferrari had a good balance after a few laps.

"That's why the temperature is making a difference."

Hamashima has also shed some light on the fight at Ferrari between Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen -- claiming the Brazilian is superior when the car is perfect, but Raikkonen excels when the driver has to overcome some technical deficiencies

"When the car conditions are very suitable for Felipe his abilities are 110%, but once the car is not so good his abilities are 90%," he explained. "But Kimi could get the package performance at 100% even if the car condition is not so good."

Interesting comment from Hamashima on the differences betweeen Kimi & Felipe
I think he is correct.

[McLaren Fan]

I think all of what he says is true as well.

[7UpJordan]

I reckon the coloured sidewalls will look alright, I prefer it to the lines down the middle of the groove.

I dont think that will work with slicks lol

Why?

It would wear off.

The white line on the tread would, but I was actually talking about those coloured sidewalls like Champcar used to use, they didn't wear off did they?

[texasmr2]

I reckon the coloured sidewalls will look alright, I prefer it to the lines down the middle of the groove.

I dont think that will work with slicks lol

Why?

It would wear off.

The white line on the tread would, but I was actually talking about those coloured sidewalls like Champcar used to use, they didn't wear off did they?

I realized Rivelutions error in interpreting your post aswell as mine but was hoping he would see the error without having to reply with a frame of mind !

[Rivelution]

I reckon the coloured sidewalls will look alright, I prefer it to the lines down the middle of the groove.

I dont think that will work with slicks lol

Why?

It would wear off.

The white line on the tread would, but I was actually talking about those coloured sidewalls like Champcar used to use, they didn't wear off did they?

Oh I thought you were talking about the white line down the middle of the tire. So no, the sidewalls didnt wear off

[stonemonkey]

Bridgestone could offer a choice of colours to the teams, no ring on sidewall=hard, coloured ring=soft. I doubt it though but I don't see any problems with that.