News Details

Pirelli have headaches over 2019 tyre compounds

Pirelli will have just three names for tires next season. Hard, medium and soft compounds will feature at every race in 2019, but only by name. Teams will still receive different varieties for each race. Mario Isola says this will make it easier for fans, but not for those involved at Pirelli. "It is still not entirely clear how it will affect our logistics. It is crucial not to mix tires because even though we only have three names next year, we still have five to six different compounds," Isola said. Several compounds will be given the same colour wall over two different weekends. As well as this, if a tyre doesn't get used at one weekend, it may return to the next race with a...
Full Story »
6y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli goes aggressive with Mexican Grand Prix tyre...

Pirelli has taken an aggressive approach to its tyre selections for the...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hypersofts to make fifth appearance of the season in...

Pirelli has announced the tyre compounds to be used in the Mexican Grand...
6y ago from Pitpass.com

No ‘triple header’ schedule in 2019 F1 calendar

Formula One will not schedule an arduous ‘triple header' in 2019 F1...
6y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Red Bull, Haas and Williams complete Pirelli tyre test...

The three teams completed a second test day at Silverstone as Pirelli are...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Johann Zarco ‘thinking about how to stay' with...

Johann Zarco admits he is “thinking about how to stay” at LCR Honda...

Fabio Quartararo aims to ‘get back to the top'...

Fabio Quartararo revealed that his number one priority is to "get...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Co-driver dies after crash during Jim Clark rally in...

Roberts, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene near Duns in the Scottish...
1w ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Martin Zubimendi breaks silence on Arsenal transfer...

Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi is a target of Arsenal, and the...
38m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal transfer exclusive: Thomas Partey contract...

Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is offered a new contract by the club,...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

'Make it clear those rumors were not true' - Arsenal...

Martin Zubimendi has dismissed rumors about having a medical at Arsenal...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Leroy Sane 'past his best' as Arsenal warned of 'red...

Arsenal should steer clear of a free transfer for Bayern Munich's Leroy...
4h 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.