The Briton confirmed that chilly tyres have been implicated in his shunt on the Flip 1 left-hander on the Sebring Worldwide Raceway on the morning of the second day of the take a look at aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar.
“I used to be popping out of Flip 1, I had the steering wheel nearly straight and was short-shifting as much as fourth in order to not get wheelspin, after which I hit that bump on the exit and misplaced it,” Calado informed Motorsport.com.
“That exhibits how straightforward it’s to lose management on chilly tyres now we aren’t allowed tyre heaters.
“There may be the opportunity of some massive crashes this 12 months as a result of we’re popping out of the pits on chilly tyres.
“I’m simply excited about security, not only for us skilled drivers but in addition the newbie drivers on the grid.”
Calado careworn that the issue is simply going to worsen when the WEC strikes to Europe and the drivers face colder circumstances than at Sebring.
“I do know within the IMSA SportsCar Championship they’ve by no means used tyre heaters, however over right here you might be usually racing in temperatures above 20deg C,” he mentioned.
“However are you able to think about popping out of the pits at Spa [the venue for round three of the series at the end of April] and heading into Eau Rouge when it is 5deg C?
“I dread to suppose what may occur; the pace differential into the nook between a automotive with just a few hundred metres to heat up the tyres after popping out of the pits and a automotive at full pace goes to be monumental.”
#50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen
Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Pictures
The ban on pre-heating tyres has been launched by the FIA on environmental grounds; tyres have been beforehand positioned in ovens powered by diesel heaters.
Calado advised that it wasn’t obligatory to return to the such a set-up.
“We don’t want the tyres at full temp like up to now,” he defined. “However we do want one thing that places everybody’s security in a greater place.”
Calado described his affect with the wall at Flip 1 as “pretty low pace”.
“The issue was that I hit the wall on the improper angle, and that precipitated the harm,” he mentioned.
Ferrari has confirmed that the monocoque of the #51 has been changed for the beginning of the Sebring 1000 Miles race assembly on Wednesday.
A spokesman mentioned: “We undertook checks and most popular to alter the chassis.”
Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi additionally raised the issues concerning the differential in speeds on account of the rule change.
“The worst factor is the distinction in pace between somebody on scorching tyres and somebody on chilly tyres — I used to be overtaken by a GTE into Flip 1,” he mentioned.
“That may be a bit harmful.
“It’s already exhausting right here at Sebring, and it’s fairly scorching – so await Spa.
“Everybody will get higher at it; I don’t know if it would attain a suitable stage, however proper now it is rather exhausting.”
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon questioned whether or not it could be doable to reverse the ban on tyre heaters within the present political local weather.
“Our view is that it’s ache, however a obligatory ache,” he defined.
“It’s troublesome to query the path, however we all know that the highway can be bumpy.”
