Thread: Tech Issue DRS ban in Monaco tunnel?
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Old 23 May 2011, 19:07 (Ref:2884678)   #15
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Originally Posted by Sodemo View Post
What happens when a car gets worn rear tyres? Do we ban worn rear tyres at Monaco too? Toyota ran a race (I forget what year - maybe 2006) where they ate their rear tyres and couldn't put the power down to save their lives, or was it Renault?
T'was Renault, 2005.

Worn tyres will usually give the driver some subtle indication of impending doom. Operating the DRS in a low grip situation would probably be more akin to losing a wheel (See Sutil spin, Australia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NzfXZMf0-0).

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