News Details

True F1 car performance won't be seen until China - Pirelli

The true speed of this year's Formula 1 cars will not be seen until the Bahrain or Chinese Grands Prix, according to Pirelli tyre chief Paul Hembery. This season will feature more aggressive-looking cars with wider front and rear wings as part of revised aerodynamic regulations, and the cars will be fitted with wider tyres. Hembery reckons some teams will try to hide their true performance and sandbag during pre-season testing. "We really won't know in Barcelona testing where the teams are as that's a period where they won't want to show their hand," said Hembery at Autosport International. "There will be a lot of people trying to hide their true performance level or maybe...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Understanding how 2017 tyres will respond a 'huge...

Understanding how Pirelli's 2017 tyres will respond has been a 'huge...
8y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

2017 car launch dates – what we know

With a New Year brings a new F1 season, and with a new F1 season comes...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Toro Rosso plans 24/7 shifts to complete 2017 F1 car

Toro Rosso is planning to have staff working 24 hours a day,...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

New rules will produce "meaner" F1 cars -...

McLaren technical director Tim Goss thinks the new Formula 1 regulations...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood signs multi-year IndyCar extension with...

Andretti Global has announced that Kyle Kirkwood has signed an extension...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Colton Herta ‘would love to be back’ for another...

Colton Herta still has a desire to compete in next year’s Indianapolis...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Slavia Prague vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting Tips |...

Slavia Prague will trade tackles with Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arteta 'concerned' about Gyokeres injury

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admits he is "concerned"...
10h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal and Crystal Palace’s Carabao Cup tie moved...

t;li>Palace successful in getting quarter-final moved back EFL blame...
12h ago from TheGuardian.com

“It’s going to be a bit crazy” - Gary Neville...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville believes Chelsea will secure a...
14h 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.