News Details

Pirelli situation became more strained in India

F1's uneasy relationship with its tyre supplier Pirelli became even more strained in India. At the tail end of the Italian marque's highly controversial 2013 campaign, the tyre situation was stark in India as the soft or 'option' tyre failed to last more than a few mere laps. "Teams say the blistering here is worse than it has ever been in the Pirelli era," the BBC's Andrew Benson said on Sunday. The situation was so alarming that Pirelli, having only a tentative green-light by the FIA to stay in the sport beyond 2013, issued a recommendation to the teams that the soft tyre not be used for more than 15 laps on Sunday. The FIA refused to enforce it, on the grounds that some teams...
Full Story »
11y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli relationship with F1 became even more strained...

Pirelli relationship with F1 became even more strained in India 28...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pirelli warns teams over tyre degradation in India

Tyre supplier Pirelli has warned teams to limit the amount of laps they...
11y ago from TheF1Times.com

Pirelli threatens to quit F1 over testing

Pirelli says it will be unable to continue as Formula 1's tyre supplier...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Pirelli expects two to three pit-stops

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is expecting Sunday's Indian Grand Prix to...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Joan Mir: Honda ‘closer than ever' to MotoGP...

Joan Mir says he hopes Honda “has learned from its mistakes”...

Marc Marquez tops final MotoGP pre-season test at...

Marc Marquez finished the final day of the Buriram MotoGP pre-season test...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rinus VeeKay fills IndyCar’s last open seat with...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Rinus VeeKay will drive for the team...

Doug Boles named IndyCar President in leadership...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Tuesday morning that longtime...

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans clings on to Rally Sweden lead

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin lost the lead of Rally Sweden twice, once to...
30m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Elfyn Evans leads Rally Sweden after Umeå sprint

In spite of running first on the road, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin took...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.