F1 Madness

Pirelli Racing Manager Mario Isola gives us a little run down of the tyre choices for the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring.  

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Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets on the final day of the Young Driver Test at Silverstone. Vettel put in 78 laps this afternoon evaluating the Pirelli tyres which will be used at next week’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel set the fastest time of all three days of running at Young Driver Test with a […]

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Formula 1’s annual Young Driver’s Test starts tomorrow on the Silverstone race track. However, this year’s three day test session has a bit of a twist to it. As a result of the tyre troubles at Silverstone grand prix the test has been transformed into an emergency tyre test for the Italian manufacturer to regain […]

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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has said that the team is exploring the option of carrying out a Pirelli tyre test. This follows the International Tribunal’s ruling on the Mercedes tyre test where it has been made clear that running a 2013 car is perfectly legal as long as plans are communicated to and […]

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Pirelli Motorsport Director, Paul Hembery reacts to Lewis Hamilton’s comments about the tyres at the German Grand Prix

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The 2013 German grand prix is one that will stay in the memory bank of Sebastian Vettel for quite some time. Bested in Saturday’s qualifying session by Lewis Hamilton the reigning world champion had it all to do in Sunday’s race. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished a tenth clear of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel to take […]

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Kimi Raikkonen suspects that a late pitstop during the German grand prix may not have been neccesary. The Lotus driver was leading the race by 15 seconds over Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and felt that the tyres and the car were, possibly, performing well enough to hold on to the lead. However, communication problems between […]

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The FIA today imposed a ban on all tyre swapping for this weekend’s German Grand Prix. They have also issued strict limits on tyre pressures and cambers for the race. This follows a request by Pirelli to the FIA, to limit how F1 teams exploit the rubber because according to Pirelli this was a major […]

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Formula One drivers have threatened to boycott the German Grand Prix this weekend if a repeat of the problems at Silverstone are experienced. Four drivers suffered blown tyres during a dramatic British Grand Prix on Sunday at Silverstone, forcing Pirelli to revert to Kevlar-belted tyres for this weekend’s race at the Nurburgring. They will also be introducing a […]

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Preview quotes from Pirelli’s Paul Hembery ahead of the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring this weekend. Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director “Surprisingly, the Nurburgring is one of the circuits that we have the least experience of, having only raced there once before in Formula One, but we’re certain that we have chosen the correct […]

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