Pirelli is open to supplying bigger tyres to help spice up formula one. A report by Italy’s Autosprint said it is often argued that the sport would be more exciting ...
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F1 to challenge laptime records in 2015 – Hembery
Paul Hembery, official tyre supplier Pirelli’s F1 chief, is expecting the field to speed up significantly in 2015. Last year, the Italian marque took a deliberately conservative approach to its ...
Read More »Pirelli raises concerns over grid restarts
F1 tyre supplier Pirelli has raised its concerns about F1’s new standing restart rule for 2015. With the move already controversial among the sport’s fans, top drivers have also raised ...
Read More »F1 to scrap pre-season Bahrain test
Formula one will scrap plans to return to Bahrain for pre-season testing next winter. This year, to guarantee good weather for all-important running of the radically-new cars and engines, the ...
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 »Pirelli could ease new ‘conservative’ approach
Pirelli has admitted it may ease its newly conservative approach to formula one. Initially tasked by Bernie Ecclestone to spice up the racing action, the Italian marque endured an horrific ...
Read More »Rosberg tips rivals to be closer in Spain
Nico Rosberg has tipped Mercedes’ rivals to have closed the gap during the three-week break since last month’s Chinese grand prix. The Brackley based team has utterly dominated the opening ...
Read More »Pirelli denies new approach to avoid criticism
Pirelli has denied it decided to ‘go conservative’ for 2014 after the tyre-exploding criticism of last season. After 2013, when the quality and degradation of the tyres were regular paddock ...
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