Once the tyre has been fitted, it is considered used, whether it is fitted to the car or not. You might pick one up as a souviner or coffee table on F1Authentics, but the majority are burnt to fuelIn 2022 F1 cars run on 87 octane fuel which is 10% ethanol As part of their green strategy, Formula... There's more... cement factories.
As part of Pirelli’s ‘green technology’ programme for the betterment of the environment, the tyresToday's F1 cars are running 18-inch wheels (up from 13 inches in recent years) with the widths unchanged - 305mm... There's more... are ‘ecologically disposed’, which means they are recycled. The tyres are crushed to fit more of them in fewer containers and then shipped to a cement factory
Each team has a home base where the factory is typically based. From there teams of talented people, design, model... There's more... near Didcot, Oxfordshire after each Grand Prix
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The shredded tyres form small pellets, which are then burnt at extremely high temperatures as fuel for cement factories. The extremely high temperatures mean that no harmful fumes are released during the process, and the only particle that remains is non-poisonous ash.
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