Ferrari. What's up with this picture??

MikeT

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What is the deal with this picture? I got it off F1-Live.com of Michael Schumachers Ferrari. Red tires?

 

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Those may be tire warmers to heat the tires up so they can cut hot laps right from the start

 

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I don't think so, they look like tires.

 

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Mike, did ya get that picture from Irish?
When the thumbnail is clicked i think it actually gets smaller.
:p

 

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whyzee said:

Mike, did ya get that picture from Irish?
When the thumbnail is clicked i think it actually gets smaller.
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lol.

Looks like tires to me.

 

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They wouldn't stay red for very long would they?

 

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Humm... considering that rubber isn't black to begin with...

 

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me thinks Okie is on to something....

 

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through the magic of enlargement, it looks like the passenger side tire is black in color. I'd bet some vCash it's a tire warmer on the drivers side tire. :debil:

this looks like our boy in action

 

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Those are the cinamon flavored tire condoms. They keep the tire from picking up dirt on it's way to the virgin clean track.

 

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i think im with whyzee. Although on the new hummer they have red tread blocks integrated into the tire design, so i really dont see what would stop them from making an all red tire. There is a link to a picture of the new nike tire on hummers new concept truck below.

http://www.rockcrawler.com/features/newsshorts/03december/hummer_h3t.asp

 

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whyzee said:

through the magic of enlargement, it looks like the passenger side tire is black in color. I'd bet some vCash it's a tire warmer on the drivers side tire. :debil:

this looks like our boy in action

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I got the shot off of F1-Live.com
I really dont think it is a tire warmer because it is shiny, has grooves in it, and it says Potenza on it. Tire warmers are usually navy blue or black and have a nylon fabric on the very outside. I have been watching Formula 1 for over 16 years and have never seen a tire warmer like that.....

 

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I've seen sportbike tires available in all sorts of colors. Nothing new there. Might have been for a special photo shoot or something.

Way back when in the old days tires were white. I think that's the natural color of rubber. They were colored black for aesthetic reasons only.

 

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gwcrim said:

...They were colored black for aesthetic reasons only...

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Maybe aesthetics play a role but the original reason that tires changed from natural white to black was that they added carbon as a bonding agent to the rubber. If made solely out of pure caoutchouc the tire would crumble like an eraser.
Meanwhile they use some synthetics instead of carbon and tires in nearly any color aren't a problem to make. Michelin tried it but didn't have great success. Maybe people are kind of conservative and so tires have to be black to be accepted as "real" tires.

 

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(whyzee)
it looks like the passenger side tire is black in color. I'd bet some vCash it's a tire warmer on the drivers side tire. (whyzee)

I don't think they need air tools to change tire warmers, (in front of tire) maybe they just put the one on for now toget a look see/picture?? :clue:

 

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It is really a red tire!
See: http://www.f1welt.com/bilder/400/2004/07/20040711_038.jpg

 

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TM-Frank said:

It is really a red tire!

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Bingo! we have an answer!!
Frank, where do I send the check? :cool:

 

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Keep the check, but you have to tell me which is the passenger-side on a F1 car? :)

 

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TM-Frank said:

Keep the check, but you have to tell me which is the passenger-side on a F1 car? :)

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lmao
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I had to laugh on the passenger side comment too! With all the telemetry in F1, the passenger is in the pits watching a computer screen.

 

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check it out...here's a bike with orange tires, and they stay orange when you ride it! They are actually retreads but I hear they work well.

That's me giving chase on my very inferior 2 stroke mx bike with black tires...

 

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Tirs that aren't black just seem......wrong

 

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Taking a SWAG at this. (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess) I would say they are trying to measure tire deflection and scrub. As the car travels around the track the tire will bend and twist as force is applied. When they get backto the pits with the red tire it would be more noticeable exactly how much tire had been in contact with the asphalt. However, it would seem resonable to use a white tire instead of red as the asphalt marks would show up better I would think. Then again this is nothing more than a SWAG.

One thing that I think I can say with some certainty is you guys are right. That's a red tire.

 

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Thanks for the picture Frank...

I still am wondering why they have a red tire...... Promotional tool?

 

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This article CLICK says the red tires were a special made edition to promote a wellfare organization named "Sport Relief". This organization supports sport-related projects in the third world and they have gathered money by organizing some kind of marathon run in Britain. As a sign that they support Sport Relief people were wearing a single red sock during the run.
That's why the Bridgestone eqipped F1 cars all had a single red tire, too.