In Formula 1, as well as on the gravel roads of the World Rally and on the roads every day, are the wheels, in collaboration with the tires, to be the first "contact member" of the car with the surface. It goes without saying who hold, therefore, a fundamental role in determining the goodness of driveability and sealing.
And in Italy he was born and has based the industry leader, OZ Racing.
For every engineer of vehicles, that the reduction of unsprung weight is a "battle" constant, needed for research of dynamic behavior and a higher level of road holding.
And this struggle passes, unavoidably, also through the choice of wheel rims ever lighter and, at the same time, rigid and resistant, in such a way as to function at its best, abbinandovisi to perfection, the tires.
Ed in Formula 1, as well as in other motor disciplines (Endurance, Rally, Motorcycling), This is a crucial need.
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And 'therefore essential for the various Team rely on excellent industry partners: and many put their trust in OZ Racing, company, born in 1971, from San Martino di Lupari (Padova), and present for more than 30 years in Motorsport, It provides its wheels, several teams the stars of motorsports, of all the world.
Just think that, solo in Formula 1, OZ Racing provides Ferrari, Mercedes AMG, Red Bull, Renault Sport, major team category.
Circle OZ Racing Mercedes W08 Eq Hybrid +. Photo NewsF1.it @Alessandro Sala
And just in Formula are required, in addition to the aforementioned characteristics of lightness and stiffness, also other "gifts", not least, as the aerodynamic optimization of design, disposal of heat given off by the brakes and, in close concert with it own, the optimal heating of the circle, so bring the "right of use" tires window.
Circle OZ front Racing Red Bull RB13 with particular blower hub. Photo NewsF1.it @Alessandro Sala
About that, comes into play another Italian excellence, the Nanoprom, that with the particular-based paints Polysil enhances precisely this specific feature of "conveyance" of the heat on the rims.
Detail of the circle OZ Racing Ferrari SF70-H painted with Polysil of Nanoprom. Photo NewsF1.it @Alessandro Sala
Circle OZ Racing front of Ferrari with blower hub and varnishing Polysil. Photo NewsF1.it @Alessandro SalaUna highly demandante challenge, then, one of the circles of a Formula 1, which involves a close working co-planning between teams and supplier: and just the confidence placed by the main competitors in the world of racing in OZ Racing makes us understand the uniqueness of the Paduan, that, through the challenges of the competitions, can develop and test designs and materials, then forward directly all the know-how acquired in the wheels of the car every day, even the most "special" (the circle measures available ranging from 14 "to 22", with innumerable kinds of design and different finishes).
Rear rim OZ Racing Renault R.S.17. Photo Newsf1.it @Alessandro Sala
An all-Italian company that, through the quality and innovation, He has managed to make the world road in such a crucial field as that of the "racing wheels".
of Giuseppe Saba (Twitter: @saba_giuseppe)
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