Jos' Weather Thread

[Jos the Boss]

No! the grip on the F1 wet tyre is much greater than 2.1 mm. 2.1mm is not alot. The rain in Malaysia was more like 9-10 mm.

Why so pedantic! It's in the unwritten laws of common sense of the rain increasing! Just gang up on me, I shall not be moved!

 

[mjo]

The wet tyre has tread depth of 5mm - it can withstand standing water of 5mm before aquaplaning. For comparison, the intermediate tyre tread is 3.

 

[Jos the Boss]

The wet tyre has tread depth of 5mm - it can withstand standing water of 5mm before aquaplaning. For comparison, the intermediate tyre tread is 3.

They started on inters, so when the race started it was 2.1mm or more or less, it then grew, like many guess being Malaysia then it dried out!

 

[gethinceri]

The wet tyre has tread depth of 5mm - it can withstand standing water of 5mm before aquaplaning

Are you sure that's right?

 

[Slyboogy]

Are you sure that's right?

Not sure you can doubt him when he's in his Mojo.

 

[mjo]

Are you sure that's right?

It was off1junkie (I think) and taken from the Pirelli data.

 

[gethinceri]

I'm just querying 5mm tread = copes with 5mm standing water.

 

[mjo]

Not 100% of the rain that falls on the track becomes standing water, surely?

 

[Vortex]

Not if it's tired! geddit!

 

[Slyboogy]

Not if it's tired! geddit!

Water can sit down?

 

[mjo]

 

[Vortex]

Ba Dum chishhhh! pmls hahaha

 

[Vortex]

Ps, i'll get me coat.

 

[gethinceri]

I don't understand you Emjoe, I infer that your statement means that tread depth of 5mm can cope with 5mm of standing water. Not that they can cope with 5mm of rainfall.
It's no big deal.

 

[Vortex]

I would have thought the tread pattern would effect how deep of water it can get grip though as well as the tread depth. A very efficient tread pattered would move water faster for the same tread depth then a poor pattern would.

 

[mjo]

I don't understand you Emjoe, I infer that your statement means that tread depth of 5mm can cope with 5mm of standing water. Not that they can cope with 5mm of rainfall.
It's no big deal.

Jos said that there was 2mm of rainfall, I was saying that the wet tyres can cope with 5mm of standing water, and that probably more rain was falling, therefore (hopefully) proving him wrong.

 

[Slyboogy]

Ps, i'll get me coat.

Is the rain getting heavier??

 

[Vortex]

See this is why I like you Sly, your jokes are as bad as mine lol.

 

[Slyboogy]

See this is why I like you Sly, your jokes are as bad as mine lol.

So they are splendid then

 

[Vortex]

Indeed.