News Details

Pirelli to test 18-inch tyre design at Silverstone test

dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   SILVERSTONE, 4th July 2014 (F1 Plus / Rosie Baillie) - Pirelli will test a new 18-inch tyre design at the Silverstone test next week. Lotus will run the 18-inch concept tyres on this years on car on Wednesday. Pirellli say the idea behind the bigger wheels is because 13 inch tyres, which are currently used by Formula One cars, are not relevant to road cars. “The 13-inch tyre is no longer relevant to the everyday road user, because even an 18-inch tyre is used by standard vehicles these days.” Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s director of motorsport, said. “While 18-inch tyres would be a big...
Full Story »
10y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli to trial 18-inch tyres at upcoming Silverstone...

Formula One tyre suppliers Pirelli have announced that they will trial a...
10y ago from Formula1.com

Pirelli to test brand new 18-inch tyre at in-season...

Pirelli to test brand new 18-inch tyre at in-season Silverstone...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli to test 18-inch tyres at Silverstone test

Pirelli will introduce a new 18-inch tyre design concept at the...
10y ago from TheF1Times.com

Pirelli to trial 18 inch tyres

Pirelli Motorsport Media Pirelli is to trial an 18 inch tyre during next...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi takes responsibility for crashing out...

Marco Bezzecchi admits he made "a bad mistake" on the first lap...

Alex Marquez hits back at ‘disrespectful’...

Alex Marquez has hit back at claims he has “too much respect” for...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez identifies surprise name as his main...

Marc Marquez identified a surprise name he believes is his main MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Date set for IndyCar’s inaugural Grand Prix of...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a date for the first running on the...

Takuma Sato to contest 16th Indy 500 with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Video: Arsenal star spotted arriving in major city as...

Arsenal midfielder Jorginho has been spotted arriving in Rio and getting...
57m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Man United rival Arsenal & Chelsea for...

Manchester United are reportedly showing an interest in the potential...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Dean Huijsen confirms interest from top club ahead of...

Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen has given the clearest indication yet of...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners to join race for...

Arsenal are allegedly ready to join the race for an Atletico Madrid...
17m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

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.