Tyre pressures at Bedford Autodrome East
The venue as mapped, to scale. Bedford Autodrome East is one of 3 layouts sharing this tarmac, and its exact course differs from the full-circuit outline shown. Track outline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
How hard a circuit works each corner of the car shows up as tread temperature, and temperature is what sets pressure. GripCalc carries corner heating figures for Bedford Autodrome East as a starting point: how much hotter each tyre runs over the session's base temperature, from the layout's mix of corners and load. They pre-fill the calculator when you pick the circuit, and your own pyrometer readings refine them from the first session.
| CORNER | RUNS HOTTER BY, °C |
|---|---|
| Left front | +2.0 |
| Right front | +1.5 |
| Left rear | +3.0 |
| Right rear | +2.5 |
ESTIMATED — class-based starting values over an 85°C session base, derived from this layout's type (direction, speed profile, load), and shared with circuits of similar character rather than measured here. Not gospel: enter your own pyrometer figures after a session and they take precedence.
What Bedford Autodrome East asks of a tyre
The East circuit is the tighter of Bedford's regular loops, with more of its time spent turning. Front tyres do proportionally more work than on the GT layout, though the venue's flat, smooth, low-kerb character still keeps absolute loads friendly.
Fronts warm first here; compare front and rear averages
A tight lap rewards accurate front pressures for turn-in
Low overall stress: do not chase temperatures that the venue will not produce
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Bedford Autodrome East
Published hot target 30.5 / 32.0 psi at 92°C tread, on a 15°C morning, with the corner figures above: cold set 21.5 / 21.5 front, 22.6 / 22.6 rear. A different car, tyre or morning moves every number, which is what the calculator is for.
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