Ecclestone: Less rubber on track

I think I suggested this many years ago but received no response. In the scheme of things, the cost is minimal as the sweepers can be hired from the road making Contractors and/or Council street sweepers can do the job. AS these sweepers can travel at around 10 mph, the fleet can do a couple of sweeps in less than three quarters of an hour. This would also clear the track of dust and sand on certain tracks like Bahrein.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I think I suggested this many years ago but received no response. In the scheme of things, the cost is minimal as the sweepers can be hired from the road making Contractors and/or Council street sweepers can do the job. AS these sweepers can travel at around 10 mph, the fleet can do a couple of sweeps in less than three quarters of an hour. This would also clear the track of dust and sand on certain tracks like Bahrein.

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It's done daily at the Bahrain circuit.

At those sandy tracks like Bahrain and Qatar of motogp and any next coming Arab tracks, sweeping the track from dust and sands before the race commenced is to minimize any risk may cause the tyres lose the grip and endanger the drivers, let alone the riders.

Any tracks must be sterile from foreign matter after accidents happened and have caused rubbish or leakage of the lubricant at the track. Cleaning up rubber from the track might happen naturally with rain that could be effective for the first day of the race, while in the multiple races seem it wouldn't be easy as it has strong adhesive that make it easy get stuck with the asphalt.

However as it has strong cohesion also, those rubber could re-stuck on the tyres while the race is running, couldn't it?

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I think I suggested this many years ago but received no response. In the scheme of things, the cost is minimal as the sweepers can be hired from the road making Contractors and/or Council street sweepers can do the job. AS these sweepers can travel at around 10 mph, the fleet can do a couple of sweeps in less than three quarters of an hour. This would also clear the track of dust and sand on certain tracks like Bahrein.

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To make it more interesting, replace the safety car with track sweepers! A bit slow, but the restart will be on a nice, clean surface! (Not to mention that all the carbon fibre debris will be gone)