I am a relatively new fan to Formula1. So, one of the staple aspects in the sport is changing of tyres as they wear out quickly and become unusable because they travel at such high speeds. If so, do people that own super cars like Lamborghini Aventador, Koenigsegg Agera keep changing their tyres too?
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F1 tires are designed that way. The softest tire delivers maximum ‘grip’ the first few laps and ‘drop off’ after that. F1 drivers also push their cars to the limit, almost every corner during qualification is ‘we either get through the corner or we crash/spin”. This also wears out the tires a lot faster.
Tires for a Lamborghini Aventador on the road are not designed that way and usually last longer. You are usually not taking corners on public roads at 200kph. But you can also buy expensive special racing slicks (which are not road-legal) to race on tracks, and those tires wear out fast as well.
You can compare this design a bit to fuel for a fire. If you want a fire that burns quickly and bright you can use petroleum wax blocks. If you want a fire that lasts a lot longer, you use wooden blocks, but that fire is less bright and takes longer to start.
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