The question is impossible to answer immediately as there are a number of variables:
- Is it a FR, MR, or 4WD car?
- How much power does it have?
- Are you using TCS?
- Which tyres are you using?
- Are you driving aggressively or smoothly?
- How is the car set up?
But as a general guide, put harder tyres in the back to slow their rate of wear. If you're already using the hardest possible compound, get softer front tyres to get even wear and faster lap times.
Throttle control is a very important thing, if you have a powerful rear wheel drive car you will have to learn to feather the throttle or the rear tyres will go out way too early. The alternative to this is using the traction control, the downside of it is losing power in some cases.
Softening the rear suspension might also help as the loads on the rear tyres would be applied more smoothly and some of the forces would be absorbed by the suspension.
Still, there are cars in which nothing helps - they just wear the rear tyres out before the fronts. Mid-engined cars are partial to do this, the weight of the engine on the driving wheels inevitably causes high rear tyre wear. You'll just have to live with it sometimes.
If some of this isn't of some help I'll go into the corner to be ashamed. 👍
- R -
