Articles tagged with '2023 Infographics' | Pirelli

Formula 1 returns to the American continent in the closing stages of the season for three races on consecutive weekends (from 20th October to 5th November) in three different countries: the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. When it comes to the tyre...

Max Verstappen rounded off a perfect weekend, dominating the Japanese Grand Prix from start to finish. Thanks to the Dutchman’s 48th win, Red Bull today clinched its sixth Constructors’ World Championship title, with six Grands Prix still remaining t...

THE DAY ON TRACK  Max Verstappen took the Pirelli Pole Position Award for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Dutchman’s ninth of the year, a number that can no longer be beaten this season. It’s the second time the Red Bull driver has topped the number of ...

Carlos Sainz has won the Singapore Grand Prix. It was the Spaniard’s second career victory, coming at the end of what was a far more exciting race than recent editions at this track, with four drivers all seemingly in the hunt for victory from start ...

THE DAY ON TRACK  Carlos Sainz took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, the fifth of his career and the second in a row, following on from the one in Monza a fortnight ago. The Ferrari driver beat second placed George Russell (Mercedes) by 72...

Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2023, taking the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, to give Red Bull its 28th one-two finish. Max took his tenth consecutive win, a Formula 1 record, as well as his second Ita...

THE DAY ON TRACK  After a very orange celebration in Zandvoort a week ago when Max Verstappen took pole, today was a red letter day for Ferrari, as Carlos Sainz delighted the Monza crowd by securing the number one slot on the grid. It was a very clos...

Once the European part of the season is over, Formula 1 undertakes the final push with eight races in just over two months, travelling from the Far East to North and South America. Pirelli has announced the tyre nominations for the first three of tho...

Max Verstappen took his third consecutive Dutch Grand Prix victory, at the same time equalling the record for nine straight wins in a season, previously set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013, also at the wheel of a Red Bull. This was Verstappen’s 46th care...

THE DAY ON TRACK  There was no way Max Verstappen was going to disappoint his fans who formed a sea of orange at his home race and indeed he did not. The Dutchman secured his 28th pole position, his third in a row at Zandvoort for a perfect 100% reco...

Pirelli has announced the slick tyre nominations for the Dutch Grand Prix (25-27 August) and Italian Grand Prix (1-3 September).The C1, C2, and C3 have been chosen for Zandvoort, as was the case last year. Zandvoort is one of the most demanding circu...

After winning yesterday’s Sprint, Max Verstappen did the double, winning the Belgian Grand Prix for a third consecutive time. It extends Red Bull’s winning streak to 13, the team unbeaten so far this season. This was the reigning world champion’s 45t...

The Sprint Saturday in Spa was yet another Max Verstappen day, first in the Shootout and then in the Race. While the race against the clock was very hard to call, with the top three – Verstappen, Piastri and Sainz – all covered by just 25 thousandths...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR   “It was a very interesting weekend which saw a trial of a new tyre allocation format, as well as evaluating bringing a trio of compounds one step softer than in the past. As for the ATA, first and foremost, it shou...

THE DAY ON TRACK Lewis Hamilton took his ninth Hungarian Grand Prix pole position, the most poles of any driver at any one circuit. The last time he had been fastest in Q3 dates back to the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and today’s result brings his ...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR   “First of all, well done to the amazing crowd at Silverstone: 480,000 is an impressive record, a sign of the incredible popularity Formula 1 is experiencing right now. From a tyre point of view, this weekend delive...

THE DAY ON TRACK Max Verstappen took his 27th F1 pole position, his seventh this year. Even if that looked very predictable based on yesterday’s performance, the way it was achieved and the source of the threat to the Dutchman’s position was certainl...

Pirelli has revealed the choice of compounds for the Hungarian Grand Prix (21-23 July) and Belgian Grand Prix (28-30 July). At the Hungaroring, softer compounds will now be used compared to last year:  the C3 will be P Zero White hard, C4 will be P Z...

MARIO ISOLA - DIRECTOR, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT   “One driver dominated this Grand Prix from start to finish, but there was plenty of excitement in the battles between the nineteen others. From our point of view, everything went well. Our simulations goin...

Red Bull was the dominant force on Saturday in Spielberg with a one-two in the Sprint Shootout and again in the Sprint Race, both times with Max Verstappen ahead of Sergio Perez. Completing the podium of the “short” race was Carlos Sainz for Ferrari,...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR       “It was a very interesting race, the most closely balanced so far this season, as can be seen from the results sheet, with four drivers from four different teams all finishing in the space of under 20 seconds. ...

THE DAY ON TRACKThe rain was the main story today, both in free practice and in qualifying.FP3 was held in the rain, which intensified towards the end of the session. The Ferrari drivers were the only ones to use Intermediates right from the start, r...

The three Pirelli compound choices for the upcoming grands Prix in Canada, Austria, and Great Britain will be the same as last year.The softest possible combination will be used in Montreal and Spielberg: C3 as P Zero White hard, C4 as P Zero Yellow ...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR       “On a track that is particularly demanding for the tyres, we witnessed a race in which all three available dry compounds came into play, each one used extensively. The C1 covered 41.6% of the laps completed, th...

MARIO ISOLA - MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR       “The Monaco weekend was filled with emotions, both for the people watching the race in person and those following it at home on TV and online. Just like a year ago, all five types of tyre brought to Monaco were...

THE ROAD TO POLEMax Verstappen took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, thanks to an extraordinary lap at the end of Q3, achieved by touching the crash barriers twice. The Red Bull driver set pole with a time of 1m11.365s on a fresh set of P Zer...

THE RACE FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEWRed Bull’s Max Verstappen won his second consecutive Miami Grand Prix, ahead of his team mate Sergio Perez who started from pole. Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso, who had got underway from P2 on the grid, complet...

THE ROAD TO POLERed Bull’s Sergio Perez claimed pole for the Miami Grand Prix with a time of 1m26.841s on a new set of P Zero Red soft tyres: a benchmark that was nearly two seconds faster than last year’s pole time. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso wa...

Hard tyres at the forefront on the new asphalt of Baku

THE ROAD TO POLERed Bull driver Sergio Perez won the first F1 Sprint of the year at Baku, using the P Zero Yellow medium tyre. The Mexican started from P2 on the grid and managed to get past poleman Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) following a Safety Car pr...