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Originally Posted by Tor
About swerving to heat up the tires, I read that it's not a good idea to do with absolutely cold tires since the sidewalls can flex. It's better to heat them up initially with braking. When you see professional drivers do it keep in mind they probably had warming blankets on the tires before starting to drive. There is lots of high-speed braking on the GP circuit, and combined with the cornering I would suspect they are up to temperature after 1 lap. Also keep in mind the swerving you see is during formation laps, the drivers try to keep the temperatures because they are driving slow.
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I don't think there is a better way to warm up tires than swerving. There are not using always warming blankets on the tires and besides the classic warm-up race cycle is not good only for the tires, but also for the engine. You want the engine and oil to warm a bit. I think it is harder to push drivers do a warm-up cycle in tourist fahren days and besides most of them would want to hammer the gas from lap 1.
Anyways, I don't want to disappoint you or something. You are doing good work and I wish I was also closer to the GP track. I am in the south Germany and more than 6 hours drive time. Have fun!