Pirelli has issued an official statement confirming that it is to revise the construction of its tyres from next month's Canadian Grand Prix.
The move follows the weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, which had four pit stops per driver. The new range will combine elements from the 2012 and 2013 tyres to have both durability and performance.
"Our aim is to provide the teams with a new range which mixes the stability of the 2012 tyres and the performance of the current ones," said Paul Hembery. "As a company, we have always moved quickly to make improvements where we see them to be necessary. After evaluating data from the first few races this year, we've decided to introduce a further evolution as it became clear at the Spanish Grand Prix that the number of pit stops was too high. The Spanish Grand Prix was won with four pit stops, which has only happened once before in our history. These changes will also mean that the tyres are not worked quite as hard, reducing the number of pit stops.
"With limited testing time, it's clear now that our original 2013 tyre range was probably too performance-orientated for the current regulations," he admitted. "However, having identified this issue, we're determined to rapidly resolve it. It's worth underlining that the current regulations for winter tests limit the opportunity to test the tyres under the same conditions as the race season because of the lower temperature and restricted time. The Teams are of the same opinion as we are in wanting longer testing times and different locations for the next tests. We developed the 2013 tyres on the basis of careful simulations that were, however, not sufficient, taking into account the improved speed of cars (up to 3 seconds per lap).
"We've also taken this step to avoid the delaminations that were caused by track debris. It's important to point out that these delaminations, which occur when the tread comes off, do not compromise the safety of the tyres as the core structure of the tyre is not affected in any way, helping drivers to complete the lap and to change the damaged tyres safely. These delaminations were due to damage from debris that overheated the tread.
"We'd like to thank all the teams for their continued and extremely valued support as we worked with them to identify the correct compromise between the pure speed that makes us the world leader in the Ultra High Performance sector and a global spectacle that is easy for Formula One fans to follow."
traducido con traductor on linePirelli ha emitido un comunicado oficial confirmando que es revisar la construcción de los neumáticos de los próximos meses gran premio de Canadá.
El movimiento sigue los fines de semana de gran premio de España, que tenía cuatro paradas en boxes para driver. La nueva gama combina elementos de los neumáticos de 2012 y 2013 para tener durabilidad y rendimiento.
Nuestro objetivo es proporcionar a los equipos con una nueva gama que mezcla la estabilidad de los neumáticos de 2012 y el rendimiento de los actuales, dijo Paul Hembery. Como empresa, siempre pasamos rápidamente a hacer mejoras donde vemos necesario. Después de evaluar los datos de las primeras pocas carreras este año, hemos decidieron introducir una evolución más como quedó claro en el gran premio de España que el número de paradas en boxes era demasiado alto. El gran premio de España fue ganado con cuatro paradas en boxes, lo que ha ocurrido sólo una vez antes en nuestra historia. Estos cambios también significa que los neumáticos no se trabajan tan duro, reduciendo el número de paradas en boxes.
Con el tiempo de prueba limitado, su claro ahora que nuestra gama de 2013 neumático original fue probablemente demasiado orientada al rendimiento por la normativa vigente, admitió. Sin embargo, una vez identificado el problema, estaban decididos a resolverlo rápidamente. Su vale la pena subrayar que la normativa vigente para las pruebas de invierno limita la oportunidad de probar los neumáticos bajo las mismas condiciones que la carrera de la temporada debido a la temperatura más baja y tiempo limitado. Los equipos son de la misma opinión en wantin