News Details
6 Million Litres of water used for wet weather test
With the Pirelli wet weather simulation test at the Paul Ricard Circuit in the South of France having reached its conclusion yesterday. JWGP spoke to the circuit management around the environmental impact of this form of simulation. In order to simulate the wet weather conditions required for Pirelli to trial revised compounds and construction of the wet and Intermediate tyre the circuit utilises 400 sprinklers installed around the circuit. These sprinklers dispense 20 cubic metres of water per minute across the circuit amounting to a total of 3 million litres of water per day. In total 6 million litres of water hit the track over the 2-day test session, which would be the same as...
Full Story »
Full Story »
10y ago from JWGrandPrix.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Red Bull lead the way on first day of Pirelli test
The three team wet weather test at Paul Ricard has seen Red Bull's Daniel...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com
Pirelli confident of wet weather progress after test
Pirelli is confident some of the prototype tyres tested this week at Paul...
10y ago from Motorsport.com
Ricciardo quickest on opening day of Pirelli wet tyre...
Whilst times mean very little from Pirelli's tyre test, it was Red...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com
Ricciardo tops in Pirelli wet tyre test at Paul Ricard
Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo topped the timing sheets while Ferrari...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Shoulder injury pushes Marc Marquez into his...
No description available...
8h ago from Motorsport.com
Exclusive: Ai Ogura in, Alex Rins out at Yamaha for...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...
Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Trackhouse team owner Justin Marks: MotoGP must take...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
IndyCar representatives visit the Goiânia Raceway and...
No description available...
3h ago from Motorsport.com
Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...
Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
AJ Foyt Racing adds Toby Sowery as reserve driver
No description available...
3d ago from Motorsport.com
Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...
AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...
3d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Devastated Thierry Neuville vows to "come back...
No description available...
2h ago from Motorsport.com
Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...
A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...
5h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
WRC Croatia: Takamoto Katsuta wins after final stage...
No description available...
5h ago from Motorsport.com
Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)
Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Manchester City fan becomes viral sensation with...
A Manchester City fan has gone viral for drinking out of an...
48m ago from CaughtOffside.com
'Some how balance the emotion' | How can Arsenal...
Gary Neville suggests Mikel Arteta and his team need to normalise their...
8m ago from SkySports.com
'I've already felt what it's like to win there' -...
Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus has left the door open to leaving the club.
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Shock F1 star at centre of Max Verstappen replacement talks
Amid reports that Max Verstappen could retire... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com
Ex-F1 star names the one driver who was harder to race than...
Former F1 star Jacques Villeneuve has revealed... Read More »
7h ago from MotorsportWeek.com
F1 pundit claims fans have 'backbone of a dead salmon'
A popular F1 pundit has called out fans of the... Read More »
48m ago from GPFans.com
