THE TIRE PROBLEM IN THE KARTING WORLD HAS BEEN ON EVERYONE’S LIPS FOR MANY YEARS NOW. TIRES ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY MORE EXPENSIVE, THEY ARE PERFORMING LESS AND LESS, AND THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE DURABILITY OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE AT LEAST OVER THE COURSE OF A RACE DAY. INSTEAD, WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE, IN A ONE-MAKE TROPHY, 2 OR 3 SETS MAY BE NEEDED FOR A TEST/PRACTICE DAY AT A COST OF BETWEEN 500 AND 600 EUROS TOTAL. WHO IS/ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITUATION? LET’S TRY TO ANALYZE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.
A BRIEF TECHNICALHISTORICAL EXCURSUS