[sherer]

not sure if anyone has heard this yet..

The only tyre warmers you are allowed blankets with restistive heaters according to the FIA rules

Ferrari have developed a new system whereby the tyre blankets are now housed inside a box with restistive heaters.. this box heates up the tyres plus the wheel rim and is effectively a tyre oven, which is banned.. this new system has led to Ferrari being more competitive as they can now get heat into their tyres and qualify at the front of the grid

Now the FIA are always going on about cost cutting etc so when they saw this whether it was legal or not they knew if they allowed each every team will then have to develope these as well, therefore increasing costs.. what they could have done is said yes it is legel but we will ban it to save costs and you can use your old tyre blankets, this has been done in the past

Instead the FIA ( Ferrari International Aid ) allowed this system and all the other teams will now have to do the same