Supercars aiming for ‘harder racing’ with tyre pressure change
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 10 May 2024
Supercars has reduced the minimum tyre pressure for the next three rounds with the hope of improving the racing spectacle and negating overheating issues.
The minimum tyre pressure has been lowered from 17psi to 15psi for the each of the next three race weekends at Perth, Darwin and Townsville.
Next weekend’s Perth SuperSprint will be a Soft tyre round, while the following Darwin Triple Crown will be the first of 2024 featuring the Super Soft tyre.
With lower pressure, more tyre will be in contract with the road and Supercars hopes this will allow the drivers to “race harder for longer” and also overcome overheating issues.
Supercars General Manager of Motorsport Tim Edwards explained the thinking behind the tweak to the Supercars offical website.
“We want the drivers to race harder for longer,” he said.
“We didn’t want to go back to when teams were running crazy low pressures around decade ago.
“Now that we understand these cars, the durability of the car, and we’re running a lighter car, the question was asked — could we drop the tyre pressures again?”
“It’s to try and improve the racing of the tyre, and try and overcome some of the overheating issues that we have.
“We’re going to review it after Perth, and gauge whether the drivers felt it was a good thing or not.
“But, the intention is that we’ll roll out the lower tyre pressure at more events once we’ve built some confidence.”
The lower pressure tyres will be rolled out at Wanneroo next weekend.
Image: Peter Norton EPIC Sports Photography
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