These tires Bridgestone 1.800 go to the next GP. 12 of them will be in the Renault's Fernando Alonso, 12 more in the Ferrari of Kimi, and thus could be assigned to each of the drivers that come in every GP trained in the grid in search of the checkered flag , history of this vital component is more complex than you might think ... Imagine doing your job without fail, win a race and then be thrown in
the dark depths of a truck that goes to one of seven secret locations where discarded this type of tire in England. Is it an unrewarding work, no? But that is the fate of 09314076 FIA - the right front tire of the set 206. the only thing nice you can get from this is that it will not be alone, the other 1.119 dry flat tires every weekend of F1, have been used or not, will give exactly the same place: the incinerator. arm Bridgestone Motorsport European operates in Langley, just steps from the e
ropuerto Heathrow, down the M4 motorway, heading to London, where you can see the building on the left: one of many white warehouses in an industrial complex Slough Area. But inside is something quite different: the ground is covered with tires this time will be used in the Japanese GP. Are about 1,800 in total, seven sets of each type of tire for dry floor per car, four sets of tires for wet floor, three sets to extreme wet floor and a few parts, in case there was some damage or failed. Out there among them, at some Instead, it is 09314076. For the moment 
to where the wheels come to Langley, and have traveled half the planet in a ship container. Each Potenza F1 for this manufactured at Bridgestone's Technical Centre in Kodaira City, a suburb west of Tokyo, and is identified individually with a barcode before leaving the factory. All those barcodes are sent to the FIA \u200b\u200btechnical delegate for the F1, Jo Bauer. The tires are mixed in the style of bingo balls before being randomly selected. would think that this process involves a celebrity of medium height is clad in white gloves adequate to make the draw, but it is not. Four bar code from the same block are combined to form a set; the process is repeated thousands of times and the results were fed into the "master scanner, operated in the circuits by the representative of the FIA, Kris de Groot. It is a laborious process, but in a world as paranoid as that of the F1 no other way to ensure full equality.
is Tuesday, a few days before the Japanese GP and six waiting trucks Bridgestone
paddock outside the Japanese circuit. "The motor home of Bernie is always the first to enter and exit first," laughs John Werry, service engineer. "After enters the computer, and then we can get us to park the truck and be able to build garages. " The awnings are mounted very quickly and then the doors of the four tire carrier open, is then where the work begins. "The tire
cos have been accommodated in the truck which will be used according to the first, which means that the first out, will also be the first to deal with. It takes a little longer to load them that way, but saves time later. " The sets are numbered in a standardized format: number of car, followed the tire code (0 for hard, 1 for mild 2 para suelo mojado, y 3 para condiciones extremas de suelo mojado), después viene el número de set. El número 206 significa que es para el auto “2”, el “0” designa que son duras, y el “6” es el número de set. Casi siempre el set número 6 se usa para la carrera. El proceso de colocación de las llantas se desarrolla en las siguientes etapas: ch
equeo, montaje, inflado, balanceo, y chequeo final. Conforme las llantas salen de los camiones, los sets se ajustan a sus rines y se marcan tachando el código de barras del neumático y el número de set. Antes del montaje, el rin se cubre con un pegamento de neumáticos, para que entre el inner edge of the rim, which is rigid, thereby also prevent air leaks. A stocky type adjusts the rim in place. If you have a lot of practice you can put four tires on four minutes. The wheels are as wide as those of a Ferrari 599 and with the same diameter as a Mini. The sound of a tire being inflated is a blast to meet its final position. During inflation is pumped dry air that reaches the 50 lb/p2 pressure to fit perfectly into place and then lowered to 20 pounds. Swinging is the most critical step of the process, it must be right to the last gram. One mistake and the pilot would have to send a refund request major medical expense insurance offices in Kodaira. An electronic system spins the wheel and identifies the points that are not balanced.
appropriate weights are placed on the internal wheel and / or external, rdo
ACUE with the preferences of the team. If no compensation was not required for rolling, you type "B OK" on the lateral side of the rim, so the teams do not send back the piece to roll. Now comes the final review. They clean the glue residue and removed the label is mounted on a shelf along with others to assure that all bar codes match. If required to change a tire for any failure, the FIA off the bar code and a replacement is brought by truck. Seems so elementary, but ensure mental peace and equality on the track. Bridgestone works fast, fit 12 to 14 sets in one now. The process takes a
s 30 hours of intense work to ready the 420 sets needed for a weekend of competition. 09314076 was set on Thursday before the race. After three days in warm blankets, the set 206 is sent to the car of Fernando Alonso for the first part of the competition - 23 laps in Japan. Despite a perfect performance, the tire is sent back to their creators. It's the curse for any Bridgestone Potenza: no-win makes it special. "There are 18 races this year, and we won them all," says John Werry before returning to work. "We have the fastest car, but is also slower than ours." Bridgestone F1
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