" itemprop="description"> If a road car tyre was fitted to an F1 car, the forces generated would be so extreme that it would be torn to pieces before it had even completed even a lap. BBC Sport gives the lowdown on what makes a Formula 1 tyre so different. How many types of F1 tyres are there? Pirelli has four different types of tyre to use over the entire 19-race Formula 1 season. At each race, the company supplies two types of tyre, both of which must be used by each driver at some point in the race. $render("advert","advert-companion","22119374"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); F1 tyres, DRS and Kers explained require( {...
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