News Details

Tyre pressures risks always part of F1 claims Hakkinen

Formula 1 double world champion Mika Hakkinen has weighed into the Monza tyre pressure saga by saying that in his experience teams often took 'risks'. The Italian grand prix was the first time a tyre manufacturer's usage guidelines were strictly enforced, after Pirelli increased the recommended minimum pressure in the wake of high-speed blowouts at Spa. After the chequered flag at Monza, Lewis Hamilton's victory was in doubt while the stewards and Mercedes had a lengthy post-race hearing because his pressures were found to have been too low on the grid. Ultimately, the world championship leader kept his win, as the FIA conceded that the protocols for checking the pressures need to be...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli set to announce F1 tyre usage clampdown

Pirelli set to announce F1 tyre usage clampdown Posted On 03 Sep 2015 By...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli tyre guidelines ‘much more sensible’ –...

Pirelli tyre guidelines ‘much more sensible' – Hamilton...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli: Debris and prolonged tyre usage caused Spa...

An 'exceptional combined effect' of track debris and prolonged usage...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pirelli blame Spa blowouts on track debris

An "exceptional combined effect" of track debris and prolonged...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power turns first IndyCar laps with Andretti at...

IndyCar veteran Will Power completed his first test laps with his new...

Alex Palou delivers takedown of McLaren F1 drivers...

IndyCar champion Alex Palou has delivered a takedown of both McLaren...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

David Ornstein confirms Arsenal 'in touch' over...

Reliable journalist David Ornstein has got Arsenal fans excited by...
55m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal v Liverpool – live blog

Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash at home to...
55m ago from Arseblog.com

'Where is he?', 'Was hoping he would start' - Fans...

Arsenal fans on social media are questioning Mikel Arteta for benching a...
25m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'They deduct his salary if he doesn't start' - Fans...

Liverpool fans have reacted to Arne Slot’s decision to name Cody Gakpo...
25m ago from SportsKeeda.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.