Tyre pressures at Bedford Autodrome West
The venue as mapped, to scale. Bedford Autodrome West is one of 3 layouts sharing this tarmac, and its exact course differs from the 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 West 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 | +2.5 |
| Right front | +2.0 |
| Left rear | +3.5 |
| Right rear | +3.0 |
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.
Bedford Autodrome West, on paper
| Location | Bedford, United Kingdom | OSM |
OSM — the sections mappers have named on this venue's tarmac: North · South · Bedford Autodrome North Activity Area
Lengths are measured from the OpenStreetMap geometry drawn above; the longest straight is derived from the same line and is approximate. Section names are the venue's, and can belong to any of its layouts.
What Bedford Autodrome West asks of a tyre
The West circuit is a shorter Bedford loop with the same flat, smooth, spacious character. The busier lap keeps tyres slightly warmer than the GT layout, but this is still a low-stress venue for rubber, which makes it a good place to learn the pyrometer method with clean, repeatable readings.
Modest loads mean modest deltas; small pressure changes are readable here
Smooth surface keeps readings consistent zone to zone
Temperature building still lags on cool days
A 992 GT3 on Cup 2 R at Bedford Autodrome West
Published hot target 30.5 / 32.0 psi at 92°C tread, on a 15°C morning, with the corner figures above: cold set 21.4 / 21.5 front, 22.5 / 22.6 rear. A different car, tyre or morning moves every number, which is what the calculator is for.
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