Comments on: Farewell to grooves ! A short photo history of grooved tyres in F1

By: 2009 Formula 1 season - Rules changes summary | F1 Wolf

2009 Formula 1 season - Rules changes summary | F1 Wolf — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:42:42 +0000

[...] tyres will return for the first time since 1997 season replacing the grooved ones. Bridgestone will supply four different compounds – super sof, soft, [...]

By: Formula 1 - 1998 Liveries | F1 Wolf

Formula 1 - 1998 Liveries | F1 Wolf — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:19:09 +0000

[...] 1998 was also the season when the grooved tyres arrived … McLaren-Mercedes Ferrari [...]

By: 2009 Formula 1 - First look at BMW Sauber 2009 F1 car concept | F1 Wolf

2009 Formula 1 - First look at BMW Sauber 2009 F1 car concept | F1 Wolf — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:27:59 +0000

[...] The winter testing for 2009 Formula One season begins in Barcelona today. The are is some added excitement about the testing this winter as all the teams will have to come up with brand new cars for next season, very different from the 2008 Formula 1 machinery. So far all we have had were speculations, more speculations, and few photos of Williams wings. Today BMW Sauber put their new wings to test (and public display) – large, wide and low front wing, small, narrow and high rear wing. That “Credit Suisse” painted part of the front wing seems to the movable one. All the winglets, horns and mini fins are gone. They still however run the car with grooved tyres, but those will not be used in Formula 1 from 2009 season. [...]

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:02:46 +0000

Good riddance. Jacques Villeneuve slated Max Mosley for bringing these wretched things in in '98, and I think his criticisms have been proven correct. I think it's very telling that not a single other major series would countenance running on them, except GP2, which ditched them after a single season (2005). Can't wait to see the whole F1 field racing on proper slicks again. Keith Collantines last blog post..Oops. Did we curse Toyota?