Jasper Janssen wrote:
On 28 Jul 2005 10:00:30 -0700, wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:37:01 -0500, jbuch
wrote:

Because of the greater dollar and sales volume and greater consumption,
there may be a better technology basis in Automotive Tires. At least,
in the late 1960's tire companies were out hiring brand new PhD
graduates from my engineering school.

On the other hand, the confirming data and experiments may be company
proprietary, and unpublished.

Formula 1 tires, in particular, are extremely well-researched. But the
results are also so secret that the actual F1 teams aren't even allowed to
touch the tires that the tyre manufacturers provide them with.

Must be hard to put them on the car without touching them. I could have
sworn that I've seen pit crews change tires in F1 races.

You didn't see pit crews change them, you saw tire manufacturer people
change them, only nominally part of the team's piut crew. Tires come in
their own trucks and have their own people.

So you're saying that Ferrari's pit crew that does the super fast tire
changes are actually Bridgestone techies cleverly disguised in Ferrari
uniforms? I have to admit that with the full coverage helmets they wear
these days, they could be anyone.

If you get the impression I don't believe that the teams aren't allowed
to touch the tires, you're right. I do believe that it's quite likely
that tire company techs do the actual mounting of the tires onto the
wheels.