The Weekly Grapevine
Profile is everything in F1, but when it comes to tyre profiles, Dieter Rencken wonders whether F1 is stuck in the dark ages
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It is every scale modeller's biggest challenge: applying decals to the tyres. Strangely, though, whilst Formula One kits are generally more finicky than those of their WRC or DTM counterparts of the same scale, the decals supplied with the former are a comparative doddle.
The reason is simple: real life DTM and WRC cars run tyres with aspect ratios (simply put, the relationship between sidewall height and tread width, also known as tyre profiles) of anything between 25 and 35 (depending on the road surface and application), F1 tyres currently have aspect ratios of 55 (front) and 45 (rear). And, kit makers scale the tyre sidewalls accordingly ...
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