LOTUS EXOS 125 Tyres
The Lotus Exos 125, uses specific slick tyres for dry
and for wet conditions. Unfortunately in AC we
don't have yet wet conditions, so for now you only
get the dry tyres.
Those tyres have their optimum range temperature
between 90°C and 120°C. Although it is a quite
wide range, they do get pretty nasty if they cold
down under 60°C, so be careful, especially on slow
tracks like magione on cold days.
In terms of tyre wear, the tyres should be able to
go through the whole fuel tank of the car without
any big problems.
LOTUS EXOS 125 S1 Tyres
The Stage 1 version of the Exos is more specialised
car, that also carries 4 different dry slicks
compounds. Namely SuperSoft, Soft, Medium and
Hard. Each compound has a very different range of
optimum tyre temperatures and wear
characteristics.
Super Soft: 85°C -110°C. The tyre will wear quite
fast. Practically you'll be able to do 7-10 laps before
having severe degradation
Soft: 105°C -125°C
The tyre will last a bit more than the SuperSofts.
You could do around 15-20 laps but the
degradation will be linear as you cover more
distance
Medium: 90°C -115°C
The tyre will last for a long distance. It might be
even possible to do a whole distance race, but you
will experience slower laptimes towards the end
Hard: 110°C -135°C
A very stable tyre. Obviously less grip than the
others but if the temperatures are good and the
driving style adeguate, it might even be possible to
do the best laptimes, towards the end of the stint,
when the fuel tank will be empty.
The main thing to understand with those tyres (and
also other AC tyres too), is that a SuperSoft tyre
won't be always better than a Medium tyre.
Depending on track, ambient and asphalt
temperatures and driving styles, you need to find
which compound suits the conditions better.
You might have seen in real life F1 that sometimes
drivers&teams use the harder tyre to make faster
laptimes in race, or the other way around. It really
depends to a variety of factors, so don't take
anything as granted.
