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Button concerned over 'unbelievably' high tyre pressures

Jenson Button fears Formula 1 drivers will face a frustrating time at the Austrian Grand Prix dealing with graining of their front tyres thanks to the 'unbelievably' high pressures laid down by Pirelli. Pirelli has imposed minimum limits of 22psi at the front and 19.5psi at the rear for the Red Bull Ring, and former world champion Button is far from impressed about what that means. "We are 4psi higher on the front pressures here, which is unbelievably high considering we didn't have any issues here last year," he explained. Button believes that the high pressures will have consequences in terms of tyre wear, and means the limiting factor to performance will be graining, especially...
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