{"id":18498,"date":"2013-06-11T07:26:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=18498"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:26:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:26:38","slug":"no-silverstone-debut-for-pirelli-tyre-tweak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/no-silverstone-debut-for-pirelli-tyre-tweak\/","title":{"rendered":"No Silverstone debut for Pirelli tyre tweak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pirelli has called off its plans to change the design of its 2013 tyres for the British grand prix and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Pirelli-P-Zero-Hard-ORANGE-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2013-rif-images\/f1-2013-Pirelli-tyre\/Pirelli-P-Zero-Hard-ORANGE-6.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>F1&#8217;s sole tyre supplier has tweaked the design, replacing an inner steel belt with a kevlar one, so as to stop the delamination problems seen this year.<\/p>\n<p>Some teams, notably Red Bull and Mercedes, have pushed hard for the tweaked design that was tested for the first time in Canada, having criticised the current tyres.<\/p>\n<p>But others who are more comfortable with the existing design, like Ferrari, Lotus and Force India, are reluctant to agree to the race debut of the modified tyre.<\/p>\n<p>Because it has said the delaminations is an aesthetic problem rather a safety one, the change can only be introduced if the teams unanimously agree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pirelli has announced that there will be no new tyres at Silverstone,&#8221; the German news agency DPA reports.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hembery has reportedly said the reason for not debuting the tyre in Britain is because of the weather-interrupted testing in Montreal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>But it is also obvious that some teams are simply vetoing the change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From my point of view,&#8221; Ferrari&#8217;s Stefano Domenicali is quoted by O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, &#8220;changing the tyres during the season is wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And after Paul di Resta ran for 57 laps before his first pitstop in Montreal, Force India sporting director Otmar Szafnauer agreed: &#8220;We have had no problems with delaminations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why should Pirelli change the tyres if we have shown that everything is ok?&#8221; he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n<p>And Spain&#8217;s El Pais quoted a F1 team source as suggesting that rivals like Red Bull and Mercedes will have to get used to the current situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let them change the geometry of the suspension and improve their aerodynamics,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pirelli has called off its plans to change the design of its 2013 tyres for the British grand prix and beyond. F1&#8217;s sole tyre supplier has tweaked the design, replacing an inner steel belt with a kevlar one, so as to stop the delamination problems seen this year. Some teams, notably Red Bull and Mercedes, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[1741,5262,5340,1797,1404],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18499,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18498\/revisions\/18499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}