F1 Madness

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso ended set the fastest time for the first free practice session in China. A relatively quiet session was marked with a track temperature of 18 degrees Celcius for nearly all of the 90 minutes of running. Overcast conditions around the Shanghai International circuit made it more difficult to optimise the tyre temperatures; […]

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Here’s what Pirelli motorsport director, Paul Hembery had to say with regards to tyres ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Pirelli Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director “The tyres we are bringing to Singapore this year represent a change from last year, when we went for supersoft and soft. This is because the tyres are […]

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Italian tyre manufacturer and Formula 1 supplier Pirelli have announced that it will not run new rear tyres at the British grand prix. A change isn’t going to come after all. Pirelli had been looking for a solution for delamination suffered by drivers this season and opted for a tyre test, this one above board, […]

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The Formula 1 paddock is deeply unhappy after it was revealed that rivals Mercedes had conducted a three-day 1000 kilometer tyre test after the Spanish GP. There has been nowhere for Mercedes to hide on raceday as the team faded badly due to excessive tyre wear throughout the last few grand prix. However, a secret […]

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Pirelli’s planned ‘tweaks’ to the 2013 tyres from the Canadian GP onwards has been reigned in by the FIA. A ruling made by the sport’s governing body has stipulated that it will only allow changes to be made to the tyres on the grounds of safety. As a result the expected changes will be less significant that intially planned. The FIA has […]

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Pirelli have announced that it will make changes to its tyres from the Canadian grand prix onwards. This announcement comes after a raft of criticism has been aimed at the Italian manufacturer. Several teams have voiced their unhappiness about the excessiveness of the tyre degradation. The Spanish grand prix saw four stop strategies implemented by the […]

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Pirelli gives us a preview of the Catalunya Circuit in their Spanish Grand Prix Preview and tells us a bit about how they measure tyre performance.

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