Tag Archives: tyre-exploding

Adrian Newey has admitted Pirelli’s mid-season tyre specification change helped the quadruple back-to-back world champions in 2013. Sebastian Vettel, who clinched his fourth title in India last weekend, had already ...

Pirelli has clamped down on enforcing the operating guidelines of its tyres, amid rumours some teams were not playing along. After the tyre-exploding British grand prix this year, the FIA ...

Fernando Alonso has refused to criticise the sequence of mid-season changes to the construction of Pirelli’s 2013 tyres. Before Silverstone, F1’s Italian supplier wanted to drop its steel-belted construction in ...

Paul Hembery on Friday insisted Pirelli can not take all the blame for the tyre-exploding chaos of last weekend’s British grand prix. Some teams had hit back at their Italian ...

With the threat of a drivers’ strike in the air at the Nurburgring, the FIA on Friday moved further to ensure there is no repeat of the tyre-exploding British grand ...

Ferrari looks set to drop its plans to run rookies at the forthcoming young drivers test. Previously, only drivers with little experience were eligible to test at the Silverstone session. ...

Toto Wolff on Wednesday hit out at F1’s ‘opportunists’ who initially blocked Pirelli’s intended tyre changes. Actually, Pirelli has never admitted its 2013 tyres are not safe, which is the ...

Pirelli has shifted the blame for the tyre-exploding chaos of last weekend’s British grand prix. F1’s Italian supplier insists its 2013 tyres “do not compromise safety if used in the ...