With the FIA having recently opened the tyre tender process for F1, F2 and F3, it is yet to be seen whether a company will seek to challenge Pirelli’s position as the sport’s sole supplier. The new contract will cover a three year period from 2025-27, with the option of extending the deal until 2028.
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Despite having claimed his first points finish of the 2023 F1 season at the Australian Grand Prix last Sunday, Lando Norris had some very powerful words to say about tyre supplier Pirelli, whose tyres he labelled as “pretty terrible”. Drivers struggling for grip has been a key theme ever since the new aerodynamic regulations were
MoreIt has been reported by Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS) that Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli might face some competition in remaining as Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier, following reports that Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone are considering a return. Pirelli replaced Bridgestone at the start of the 2011 season and have remained as the sport’s sole tyre
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Motorsports’ FIA governing body recently opened the tender process for the exclusive tyre supplier for Formula One’s 2025, 2026 and 2027 seasons. When the tender process was last opened in 2018, Pirelli found itself as the main option for the sport given little interest from rival companies. “The tender will require potential suppliers to supply
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Tyre blankets can be seen in every garage up and down the paddock, as teams try to ensure that their drivers’ tyres are as warm as possible when fitted onto the car. The warmer the tyres, the more grip they provide, meaning that finding the sweet spot with regards to temperature is key to a
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Wet weather racing in Formula 1 is slowly becoming less and less common, with the extreme wet tyre compound not often being seen at race weekends in recent seasons. The 2021 Belgian Grand Prix was stopped after a couple of laps behind the safety car, while the Japanese Grand Prix last year was red flagged
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According to Motorsport.com, Fernando Alonso will be taking part in a two-day Pirelli tyre test on February 7-8, as Aston Martin push to get the double World Champion up-to-speed with the team. Whilst the test will be conducted using the 2022 cars, it will still give Alonso an excellent opportunity to work closely with his team before pre-season testing begins, when the 2023
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Last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix will go down as perhaps one of the most uneventful races of the 2022 season, with the top six having been decided by the time the cars all made their way through the opening three corners. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez does present a rather unusual characteristic, in that the circuit
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It appears that Formula 1 tyre manufacturer, Pirelli, is listening to the requests of the drivers, following a barrage of criticism over the plans to further reduce the maximum tyre blanket temperature in 2023. Since 2021, Formula 1 has been slowly preparing for an incoming tyre blanket ban, which the sport has pencilled in to come to fruition in 2024. To build-up to this, the maximum temperature
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Newly crowned double World Champion Max Verstappen has called for the 2024 tyre-blanket ban to be scrapped, after almost spinning in the pit-lane due to the sheer lack of grip. The FIA’s plan has been to slowly lower the temperatures that the tyre blankets are allowed to work at, meaning that eventually they’ll simply not
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