Calado questions WEC tyre warmer ban after Sebring Prologue crash

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Calado questions WEC tyre warmer ban after Sebring Prologue crash
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🗣️'Imagine coming out of the pits at Spa and heading into Eau Rouge when it's 5deg C?' Ferrari driver James Calado has questioned the ban on tyre warmers for this year’s FIAWEC in the wake of his accident in last weekend’s pre-season Prologue test ⬇️

Ferrari driver James Calado has questioned the ban on tyre warmers for this year’s World Endurance Championship in the wake of his accident in last weekend’s pre-season Prologue test.in his shunt at the Turn 1 left-hander

“I was coming out of Turn 1, I had the steering wheel almost straight and was short-shifting up to fourth so as not to get wheelspin, and then I hit that bump on the exit and lost it,” Calado told Autosport.“There is the possibility of some big crashes this year because we are coming out of the pits on cold tyres.

Calado stressed that the problem is only going to get worse when the WEC moves to Europe and the drivers face colder conditions than at Sebring.

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