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2. Formula One tyres - Wikipedia

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   Notice the four grooves cut into the tread of each tyre. Reintroduced for the 2009 season, a set of slick F1 tyres. Slick tyres were reintroduced at the beginning of 2009, along with aerodynamic changes intended to shift the balance towards mechanical grip in an attempt to increase overtaking.

3. 2009 Formula One World Championship - Wikipedia

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   Slick tyres returned for the first time since they were abolished for the 1998 season. Bridgestone continued to be the sole supplier of tyres, and drivers still had to use both compounds of tyre during a race. [34] Soft tyres were differentiated by a green marking around the sides of the tyres, rather than a white marking in a groove as used in ...

4. List of Top Gear test track Power Lap times - Wikipedia

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   For example, the Ferrari FXX owned by Michael Schumacher (1:10.7) was taken off the board because it both failed to meet road legal standards and used slick tyres, and the Caparo T1 (1:10.6) was removed because its front wing was too low to drive over a Speed bump.

5. Racing slick - Wikipedia

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   Slick tyres are used on race tracks and in road racing, where acceleration, steering and braking require maximum traction from each wheel. Slick tyres are typically used on only the driven (powered) wheels in drag racing, where the only concern is maximum traction to put power to the ground, and are not used in rallying.

6. Formula One car - Wikipedia

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   Slick tyres were reintroduced at the beginning of 2009, with the front tyres narrowed from 270 mm (11 in) to 245 mm (9.6 in), to shift the balance towards mechanical grip in an attempt to increase overtaking. [38] [49] Since the introduction of slick tyres in 2009, the tyre construct has remained almost the same with only variations to tyre ...

7. Red Bull RB5 - Wikipedia

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   New rules in place for the 2009 season required cars to have narrower and higher rear wings and wider and lower front wings, designed to reduce air disturbance to following cars and hence make overtaking easier. [5] [6] Slick tyres were re-introduced into Formula One, after being absent since 1998. [7]