Red Bull Considering a Mercedes-Like Tire Test
Red Bull Racing is not ruling out following Mercedes’ lead and conducting a private test with Formula One tire supplier Pirelli. Read More …
Tag: Pirelli
Don’t Blame the Drivers
It’s just absurd that Pirelli is trying to shift blame to the Formula One drivers and teams. For a generation of drivers who have grown up with the modern safety-oriented culture of F1, their threat to boycott the “new” Nürburgring this weekend is completely understandable, and perhaps even required. Read More …
Räikkönen In The Blast Zone
It’s an animated GIF image, but still rather scary. Read More …
FIA Calls Emergency Tire Meeting
Jean Todt has told Pirelli to be at a meeting of the Sporting Working Group this week, in order to take measures to avoid a repeat of the tire failures that were experienced at Silverstone. Read More …
More On Tires
The idea that the world’s most elite open-wheel racers must (literally) drive slowly just to make it to the next pit-stop window perverts the character of the sport. Read More …
Blasted Tires—You Tell ‘Em, Niki
Always outspoken Niki Lauda has blasted Pirelli’s new tires for the 2013 Formula One season. We’ve got to agree as well. Read More …
Tires To Dominate Final Tests
Tires have been a tricky and decisive component of Formula One for several seasons now. Seems like the same thing is in store for 2013. Read More …
Conserving Tires Explained By Martin Brundle
In this 5th in a series of technology-oriented videos from the BBC demistifying the engineering world of Formula One, commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle covers tire conservation, a race management skill that became quite important to F1 in 2011 with the introduction of rapidly-degrading Pirellis. Read More …
Pirelli 2012
Pirelli believes its tires are on course to deliver even more exciting F1 racing in 2012, following some encouraging results from last week’s test at Jerez in Spain. Read More …
Qualifying Changes For 2012
Formula 1 is reportedly considering an increase in the tire allocations for qualifying in 2012, following controversy about cars not running in Q3 this year. Read More …