F1 seems on track for faster tyres in 2017, as Pirelli welcomes the opportunity to meet with disgruntled drivers next week. Although earlier a supporter of the controversial era of ...
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Pirelli on pole to win 2017 contract
The likelihood Michelin will enter the race to become F1’s 2017 tyre supplier is dwindling by the day. The French company announced its interest recently, just as the FIA kicked ...
Read More »Pirelli president responds to F1 ‘criticism’
It took twenty years for Pirelli to make the financial decision to re-enter formula one. That is the admission of the Italian tyre maker’s president Marco Tronchetti Provera, as he ...
Read More »Pirelli undecided about F1 future beyond 2016
Pirelli has answered “we’ll see” to the question of staying in formula one beyond its current contract. After an often tumultuous and controversial opening three-year stay as F1’s official supplier, ...
Read More »New Pirelli deal to be for three years only – chairman
Pirelli is close to finalising a new deal to continue supplying tyres in formula one beyond the end of its 2013 contract. However, while it was believed the new deal ...
Read More »Alonso’s Pirelli criticism ‘very nervous’ – chairman
Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has hit back at Fernando Alonso’s criticism of the Italian marque’s F1 tyres in 2013. Spaniard Alonso, the highest paid and arguably most highly rated ...
Read More »Pirelli’s 2014 tyre deal ‘done’ – Hembery
Pirelli’s threat to quit formula one at the eleventh hour prior to the 2014 season has receded. A week ago in India, the boss of F1’s controversial official supplier, Paul ...
Read More »Pirelli renews quit threat amid push for tests
Behind closed doors, Pirelli is stamping its feet as it pushes to prepare for 2014. International reports, including in Spain’s El Mundo Deportivo and by Italy’s Italiaracing, say the sport’s ...
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