News Details

Binotto ‘ashamed' F1 didn't revert to 2018 tyres

F1 may have put on a great show in Austria but Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto says the teams missed a trick when they voted not to revert to the 2018 Pirelli tyres. Teams have complained about Pirelli's new thinner thread tyres throughout the opening eight races of this season. The rubber seems to favour Mercedes, who are the team able to find the sweet spot with relative ease. As such Pirelli met with all ten teams on Friday to vote on reverting to their 2018 tyres, which have a thicker tread. The teams voted 5:5 meaning F1 will continue with the thinner tread tyres for the rest of this season. Binotto says he is 'ashamed' that the sport didn't take action to improve the show when it...
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli meeting ends with no changes to tyres

Formula 1 will continue with the 2019 tyres for the remainder of this...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Teams reject switch to 2018-spec tyres

The ten team bosses, together with a number of drivers, met with the FIA...
5y ago from Pitpass.com

Teams still pushing for 2018-spec tyre switch

From the start of the season - though interestingly not during pre-season...
5y ago from Pitpass.com

Teams reject return to 2018-spec tyres after vote

Formula 1 teams have voted against returning to 2018-spec Pirelli tyres...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin suffers fractures in test crash to cast...

t;li>Aprilia rider hit the track face first as his helmet...
19h ago from TheGuardian.com

Maverick Vinales: Sepang MotoGP test is about...

Maverick Vinales shared his number one goal for the Sepang MotoGP test as...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role

Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Talks held: Tottenham rival Arsenal for experienced...

Tottenham are reportedly in the mix for the potential free transfer of...
39m ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Scan tomorrow…' – Mikel Arteta provides...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided an update on the injury to...
49m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report establishes 21 G/A star as most likely Arsenal...

Much was made of Arsenal's need to strengthen in attack in the January...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.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.