Quote Originally Posted by OptionBase1 View Post
With all of the shenanigans in F1, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Mercedes was running something they can turn on/off that purposely causes the breaks to heat up (or prevents them from cooling down) so that that heat then transfers to the tires, and they use that system on starts/restarts/pit stops as a way to get a heat boost into cold tires.
lol, I'm sure they would if they could get away with it.

Just read an article on the F1 braking system. There range is 300C to 1000C. That's hot hot.