Pirelli announces Tyre Compounds for next three Races
By Pirelli
August 8 2011
Pirelli, the exclusive tyre supplier to Formula One from 2011-2013, has revealed the tyre compound choices for the next three grands prix in Belgium, Italy and Singapore.
Pirelli
announces Tyre Compounds for next three Races
Pirelli, the
exclusive tyre supplier to Formula One from 2011-2013, has revealed the tyre
compound choices for the next three grands prix in Belgium, Italy and
Singapore.
In Belgium, Pirelli will bring the P Zero White medium tyre and the P Zero
Yellow soft tyre. For Pirelli’s home grand prix in Italy, the same two
nominations will apply: medium and soft. At the Singapore street circuit,
the teams will be supplied with the P Zero Yellow soft tyre and the P Zero
Red Supersoft.
The varied characteristics of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit make it ideal
territory for the P Zero White medium tyre, which represents a good
compromise between the soft and the hard rubber. With low temperatures
common, the rapid warm-up time and instant performance of the P Zero Yellow
tyre will be another important factor.
At Monza the closely-matched characteristics of the medium and soft tyre
will give teams plenty of scope for strategy on the rapid Italian track – as
could be seen on the last occasion that this combination was used, the
closely-fought German Grand Prix.
Singapore, a street race run at night, will be an entirely different kind of
grand prix, with circuit characteristics more similar to Canada.
Consequently, the P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red Supersoft tyres have
been chosen, to generate the maximum grip within the tight confines and
variable surfaces of the Singapore track.
Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery commented: “We’re learning more
and more with every race in our first year of Formula One, and fine-tuning
our compound choices to benefit from the valuable information that we are
accumulating. We’ve got three of the most thrilling races on the entire
calendar coming up, and we believe that we’ve arrived at some tyre
nominations that are very well-suited to the characteristics of these very
different but equally exciting circuits. Of course there will always be some
unknown factors – such as the weather – but the choices we have made are
designed to help teams maximise both their performance and their race
strategy.”
THE TYRE CHOICES SO FAR:
Super Soft Soft Medium Hard
Australia Option Prime
Malaysia Option Prime
China Option Prime
Turkey Option Prime
Spain Option Prime
Monaco Option Prime
Canada Option Prime
Europe Option Prime
Britain Option Prime
Germany Option Prime
Hungary Option Prime
Belgium Option Prime
Italy Option Prime
Singapore Option Prime
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