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F1 technical analysis – 18 inch tires
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Before any sporting considerations, the choice of this tire change mainly responds to commercial and marketing constraints. There Formula 1 is a fantastic technological showcase, but remained the last major automotive discipline to use a 13-inch rim format. A stunning anachronism when we know that a Smart has no tire height of less than 15 inches...
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F1 thus joins disciplines such as WEC, WRC, Formula E, the WTCR or even the venerable Nascar in what is now the agreed standard in co
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