The Italian marque’s motor racing boss Paul Hembery has defended Pirelli amid criticism of its 2011 formula one tyres.<\/p>\n
It has been reported that the hard\/soft compound combination for the initial four races of the season was selected because of serious problems with the medium and super-soft tyres.<\/p>\n
Indeed, the super-softs powered fast lap times at the initial tests of the 2011 pre-season but degraded almost completely after a single tour.<\/p>\n
When asked about the criticisms from within the sport about the Pirelli tyres, Hembery answered: “Well, someone will be winning, and will not be heard complaining even once.<\/p>\n
“The others will complain because that’s where they would like to be.<\/p>\n
“We have already seen in the testing that some are able to get more out of the tyres than others.\u00a0 But that is part of the game.”<\/p>\n
Asked specifically about the severe degradation, he told German language spox.com: “They all wanted it that way because they were bored with one-stop races all the time.<\/p>\n
“The teams and Bernie Ecclestone wanted there to be two stop races again, with us producing the tyres for that,” he added.<\/p>\n
“That’s what we’ve done, and now the teams are faced with the challenge of making the most of it, especially in terms of strategy,” said Hembery.<\/p>\n
It was pointed out to him that Bridgestone, F1’s previous official supplier, was able to produce tyres that did not have the same degradation issues.<\/p>\n
“Sure, but that was the intention,” answered Hembery.<\/p>\n
“It would be the easiest thing in the world for us to build a tyre that keeps going and going for the whole weekend.”<\/p>\n
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