Given the many tire changes there must be over 20,000 used tires at the end of this year. What happens to them? I'd love to get one as a souvenir. Does anybody know where to get them? Since Pirelli has a monopoly I doubt they are considered a secret.
I had the same idea and looked into it. They are impossible to get! Pirelli keeps all the tires and destroys them once they extract all the data.
Good question, I did have a similar thought myself, just thinking it was such a waste, some tyres are goosed after a single flying lap in Q. Maybe they should sell them as souvenirs generate some cash back.
I'd love to get a hold of one. I seem to recall someone on FChat has one or two used F1 tires from the 1980s. I can't remember who though. All the best, Andrew.
And since you and Ferraripilot chimed in, I thought I added a little extra to the shot. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Like 15 years ago they sold these as cocktail tables. I threw the table parts away and kept the original tire
They go to heaven. Don't be sad; someday you'll be reunited with them forever. Edited to add: Oh, except the ones that were on Renaults. They drop straight into Hell, "where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched." Mark 9:48.
Man, those must have driven like complete sh*t as cocktail tables. F1 engineers...hard to figure them out.
i agree seems like such a waste to destroy so many tires that they could probably sell for several hundred dollars/tire.
