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Supercars explains Tasmania tyre rule tweak

Supercars explains Tasmania tyre rule tweak

As usual for a SuperSprint round the allocation includes a total of eight sets of tyres, two pre-marked sets and six event-marked sets.

At the end of the second practice session both pre-marked sets and one of the event-marked sets is then handed back, leaving each driver with five sets for the competitive sessions across the remainder of the weekend.

While 2022-spec super soft compound made its debut at Sydney Motorsport Park last month, Supercars has ruled that the pre-marked sets for this weekend can’t have been used at SMP.

The further supplementary regulations read: “At this event, the pre-marked SS tyre for Tasmania is not permitted to be from the 2022 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight Event (Round 1). Teams are required to use SS tyres from their 2021 tyre allocation.”

Supercars confirmed to Motorsport.com that the tweak was made to use up super soft tyres left over from the rained out SMP event late last season.

For that event crews were given two sets of the 2021 super soft…

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