Pirelli racing boss Paul Hembery has played down suggestions the tyre marque has a bad reputation when it comes to formula one.<\/p>\n
Even though a Pirelli-shod car won a grand prix during the company’s last F1 foray in 1991, some figures have suggested that the tyres supplied during that period were inconsistent.<\/p>\n
“Some people like to live in the past,” Hembery is quoted by Germany’s Auto Bild.<\/p>\n
“Of course we had this problem, but what we had developed was a very aggressive qualifying tyre.\u00a0 In the last 20 years, the rules and technologies have changed significantly,” he added.<\/p>\n
Another suggestion is that F1’s selection of Pirelli as Bridgestone’s official supplier successor is a risk.<\/p>\n
Instead, the sport could have opted for Michelin, who were last in F1 less than four years ago.<\/p>\n
Hembery said: “We know the characteristics of many of the European tracks from GP3.\u00a0 The overseas tracks are largely unknown to us.<\/p>\n
“We will therefore take an accordingly conservative approach to the selection of rubber compounds,” he revealed.<\/p>\n
And he denied that the selection of Pirelli gives Ferrari an advantage.<\/p>\n
“The only advantage for Ferrari is that we both speak Italian and like pasta,” Hembery joked.<\/p>\n
He said every team, to each pay Pirelli between EUR 1 and 1.5 million next year, will receive ten sets of prototype tyres to test after November’s season finale in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
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