alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoVideo of Max Verstappen's rear right exploding while entering pits + brakes catching on firedubz.linkexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkVideo of Max Verstappen's rear right exploding while entering pits + brakes catching on firedubz.linkalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThank fuck this didn’t happen at race speed
minus-squareibasaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoF1 brakes are air cooled… so it was precisely because he slowed down entering the pit and did not have enough (fast moving) air to cool the brakes
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYeah, how else would they be cooled? That changes nothing about my statement
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoWith the brake stuck it wouldve still overheated and caught fire regardless of the amount of cooling.
minus-squareibasaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYup I was explaining why it was no coincidence the fire appeared while entering pits and not out on the track… Had max and the team decided to let him drive a few more laps albeit the smoke coming from the rears… absolutely would have caught fire on the tracks
minus-squareHSR🏴☠️@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoOr in front of the pit crew 😬
Thank fuck this didn’t happen at race speed
F1 brakes are air cooled…
so it was precisely because he slowed down entering the pit and did not have enough (fast moving) air to cool the brakes
Yeah, how else would they be cooled? That changes nothing about my statement
With the brake stuck it wouldve still overheated and caught fire regardless of the amount of cooling.
Yup I was explaining why it was no coincidence the fire appeared while entering pits and not out on the track…
Had max and the team decided to let him drive a few more laps albeit the smoke coming from the rears… absolutely would have caught fire on the tracks
Or in front of the pit crew 😬
That could have gotten painful