Pirelli’s new hard tyre was a sore point after Friday practice in Spain.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton described the performance of the ‘super hard’ compound as a “disaster” at Barcelona — too hard and slow.<\/p>\n
“They have zero grip,” Force India test driver Nico Hulkenberg elaborated to Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
Worried about extreme degradation at the Circuit de Catalunya, Pirelli introduced the new tyre that is significantly slower than the normal soft compound.<\/p>\n
“We expect the hard tyres to last five laps longer than the soft,” said an official for the Italian tyre supplier.<\/p>\n
The situation heats up the teams’ strategic approach to qualifying, with Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali predicting that “no one” will risk trying to get through Q1 without using a set of softs.<\/p>\n
And in the race, the trick will be “getting rid of the hard tyres as quickly as possible”, added Mercedes’ Ross Brawn.<\/p>\n
“About these tyres, I’d rather not say anything,” smiled Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n
“I hope someone tries them in Q1,” he added.\u00a0 “But it would be a very high risk.”<\/p>\n
Sauber estimated the soft tyre as 2.4 seconds quicker than the new ‘super hard’ compound.<\/p>\n
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