Tyre sensors to be introduced for Perth

The V8 Supercars organisation has announced the introduction of tyre sensors ahead of the coming race in Perth.
“This puts us more in line with the rest of the motorsport world in terms of the analysis we can do,” said Nissan Motorsport team manager Scott Sinclair to v8supercars.com.au.

“For a long time this Dunlop tyre has been a bit of an unknown and to a certain extent the teams have put it on the backburner a little bit and elected to concentrate on suspension and other changes to try and make the car perform better.”

The main reason for the introduction of the sensors is safety for the teams to detect a deflating tyre before an accident.

The tyre sensors will also play a big role in data to drivers and engineers, as the tyre pressure was only possible to be measured after a session previously.

“This should serve as a bit of a leveller again. We like to think we do our job on the tyres pretty accurately and pretty spot-on and now we are going to learn if we do, or if some of the assumptions we have made through the years are wrong,” said Triple Eight Race Engineering team manager Mark Dutton.

“Do we spend more time on tyres than other teams? I don’t know, but I do know we put a lot of emphasis on them. So for other teams if they weren’t spending as much time on their tyres, now it is being gift wrapped and handed to them om a platter. So this could mix things up a little bit. I am excited about it, I think it’s going to be great.”