News Details

Pirelli: Development will see field stretch out

Pirelli racing manager Mario Isola has said that the simulation values they have received suggest that the gap between cars will become bigger. The new aerodynamic regulations will see wider wings and wider tyres which have been designed to degrade less over the course of the race. But, after the mule cars they were tested on were unable to reach the expected levels of increased downforce, Pirelli are having to rely on their simulation data for now. 'Yes, that's why we asked the teams for their simulations not only for the beginning of the year, but the end of the year,' Isola said to Autosport when asked about whether the new tyres can deal with the increased downforce. 'If I look at the...
Full Story »
9y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 field to fan out with development, says Pirelli

©WRI2 Simulation data acquired from teams by Pirelli suggests that the...
9y ago from F1i.com

Pirelli prepares ‘backup tyres’ for 2017 F1

Pirelli has developed a range of ‘backup' tyre compounds for 2017....
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli to rearrange Ferrari wet tyre test after...

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will rearrange its wet weather test with...
9y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Sebastian Vettel crash interrupts Ferrari/Pirelli wet...

Ferrari’s day of wet-weather tyre testing in association with sole...
9y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar updates tire rules for 2026 season

Among a few changes coming for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, a new...

IndyCar introduces safety flaps to prevent airborne...

The NTT IndyCar series has detailed a new addition to cars competing in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Donnarumma vs Raya: Who is the better GK in the title...

In the last few weeks of the Premier League season, the importance of...
5h ago from SkySports.com

Tactics Column: Key quartet step up to deliver North...

'It feels like we've shown what we are made of but then you have to show...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 683 – 23.02.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
11h ago from Arseblog.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.