Pirelli have revised their tyre allocation for the forthcoming Grand Prix in Brazil following track resurfacing work at the Sao Paulo circuit.
Formula One racing’s official tyre suppliers had initially planned to bring their medium and hard compounds, but will now offer their soft and medium rubber after proposals for the move gained support from the F1 teams.
“We’ve always said that we would be open to any changes if they were required,” commented Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery.
“After further technical analysis of the impact of the revised circuit surface, together with a risk assessment suggesting a low probability of compound overheating due to extreme track temperatures, we have made this change with the unanimous agreement of all 11 teams.”
At a glance – tyre compounds for 2014:
Australia – soft, medium
Malaysia – medium, hard
Bahrain – soft, medium
China – soft, medium
Spain – medium, hard
Monaco – supersoft, soft
Canada – supersoft, soft
Austria – supersoft, soft
Great Britain – medium, hard
Germany – supersoft, soft
Hungary – soft, medium
Belgium – soft, medium
Italy – medium, hard
Singapore – supersoft, soft
Japan – medium, hard
Russia – soft, medium
USA – soft, medium
Brazil – soft, medium
Abu Dhabi – super soft, soft
Ever since the introduction of the ‘rapidly degrading tyre’, many fans have been moaning about drivers not being able to just ‘go for it’.
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After Sochi we hear complaints that without the ‘rapidly degrading tyre’….. F1 races lose out on the element of strategy (time to complain again, about maximum fuel loads 🙂 ).
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Me….. I’ve always liked the need for employing good tyre strategy, as it adds an additional dimension to F1 races.
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F1 isn’t a motorsport where the driver simply races the car flat out until the end……. there are plenty of motorsports that offer such racing.
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The complexity of F1 startegy, does enable shock results to occur…… it’s just a shame that the Mercs total dominance prevents that for P1 & P2.
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However, this decision to provide softer tyres, should provide a decent level of unpredictability in Brazil…… at least from P3 down.
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