Pirelli F1’s abolishment of tire blanket ban will “help in 2025 tire development”[F1-Gate.com]

Pirelli F1’s abolishment of tire blanket ban will “help in 2025 tire development”[F1-Gate.com]

Pirelli said F1’s decision to scrap the ban on tire blankets will move forward in its efforts to deliver better tires for the 2025 race. Pirelli is evaluating tire changes to eradicate sa-marudegura, which has leveled up this year. The overheating properties of tires have been labeled as the ‘enemy of racing’ by those in … Read more

Best Affordable Winter Tires for Snow and Ice: Are Cheap Brands Comparable to Established Brands?

Best Affordable Winter Tires for Snow and Ice: Are Cheap Brands Comparable to Established Brands?

We are standing on the threshold of a period when the risk of snow and ice clearly warrants changing to special coats. Are the cheap ones comparable to the products of established brands? Seven or eight years ago, you could easily bet that once a tire had an unknown brand and a low price, it … Read more

Pirelli Secures Exclusive F1 Tire Supplier Contract Until 2028, Rejecting Bridgestone’s Challenge

Pirelli Secures Exclusive F1 Tire Supplier Contract Until 2028, Rejecting Bridgestone’s Challenge

Pirelli has rejected a challenge from Bridgestone and is reported to have officially decided to become F1 tire supplier until 2028, with an announcement to be made next week. Pirelli, which is managing the tires for this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, had been expected to make a successful bid among paddock officials for several weeks, … Read more

Changes to Saturday Program in Response to Tire Safety Concerns at QatarGP

Changes to Saturday Program in Response to Tire Safety Concerns at QatarGP

The International Automobile Federation is changing the Saturday program. After Friday’s analysis, Pirelli found damage to the tires, which could pose a danger to the riders. For this reason, it introduces several security measures. The FIA ​​writes in its report that Pirelli carried out a standard inspection of the tires on Friday, which had completed … Read more

Pirelli Abandons Changing C2 Tire Compound for 2024 After Disappointing Test Results

Pirelli Abandons Changing C2 Tire Compound for 2024 After Disappointing Test Results

Pirelli appears to have given up on changing its C2 tire compound for 2024 after testing a prototype at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix showed no improvement. Pirelli, F1’s official tire supplier, is evaluating tweaks to its 2024 tire compound selection to sort out some minor issues. One area we considered making changes was to … Read more

Improving Full Wet Tires in Formula 1: Pirelli Considers Future Solutions

Improving Full Wet Tires in Formula 1: Pirelli Considers Future Solutions

Pirelli’s F1 boss doesn’t dispute drivers who claim full-wet tires are ‘unusable’. F1 rules stipulate that drivers must wear full wetsuits if the race starts behind the safety car, as in the sprint at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. At Spa, however, almost all drivers decided to pit for the more competitive intermediates as soon as the … Read more

Pirelli Pleased with Debut of New Tire Design and Performance on Difficult Tracks

Pirelli Pleased with Debut of New Tire Design and Performance on Difficult Tracks

Pirelli is pleased with the debut of the new tire design and its performance on difficult tracks… Mario Isola, Director of Pirelli Motorsport: “First of all, thanks to the amazing audience at Silverstone. 480,000 spectators for the weekend is an impressive record, testifying to the incredible popularity of Formula 1. In terms of tire performance, … Read more

Max Verstappen “Pirelli’s F1 tires are conservative because there is no tire war”[F1-Gate.com]

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen believes the absence of tire wars in F1 has prompted Pirelli to take a much more conservative approach to tire development, especially wet-weather tyres. In 2011, Pirelli replaced Bridgestone as the sole tire supplier to F1. The FIA’s (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) decision to rely on one supplier for … Read more

Charles Leclerc leads the third test

Sunny. Dry. Air + 23С, track +29 … 33С By Saturday, Zandvoort’s trajectory was covered with used rubber, but the asphalt outside remained dirty: the wind brought sand and after the support races there were many fragments of worn tires. The teams continued the work started the day before with the tires: Pirelli staged more … Read more