Articles tagged with '2023 Season' | Pirelli

THE RACE FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEWRed Bull sealed its second one-two of the season in Jeddah, with Sergio Perez winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ahead of his team mate Max Verstappen. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso followed the Dutchman and was t...

THE ROAD TO POLERed Bull’s Sergio Perez will start tomorrow’s grand prix from pole position, courtesy of today’s best qualifying time of 1m28.265s on the P Zero Red soft C4 tyre. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was 0.155s slower but is affected by a 1...

WHAT WE LEARNEDMax Verstappen was the quickest driver of the day. The Red Bull driver set a best time of 1m29.603s using the P Zero Red soft C4. Behind him, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso stopped the clocks on a 1m29.811s, with Red Bull’s Sergio Pere...

THE TYRES ON TRACK For the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, C2 is the P Zero White hard, C3 is the P Zero Yellow medium, and C4 is the P Zero Red soft.Jeddah is the fastest street circuit of the year. The track was designed three years ago and has been cont...

THE RACE FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEWRed Bull brought home a one-two at the opening race of the 2023 season. The Bahrain Grand Prix was won by Max Verstappen, who crossed the finish line on the hard tyres. His team mate Sergio Perez and Aston Martin’s F...

THE ROAD TO POLEMax Verstappen has claimed pole for the first race of the 2023 Formula 1 season. The Red Bull driver will line up first on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix, thanks to a time of 1m29.708s set on the P Zero Red soft C3 tyres.Track te...

WHAT WE LEARNEDAston Martin driver Fernando Alonso went fastest today on the P Zero Red soft tyre. He stopped the clocks with a time of 1m30.907s ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who set a 1m31.076s, with his team mate Sergio Perez just two-thousa...

THE TYRES ON TRACK The new C1 makes its debut at the first race of the season in Sakhir. This year, Pirell has expanded the range of available compounds to six, with three still chosen for every race. The brand new C1 compound fills the gap between t...

MARIO ISOLA, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR“These three days of testing have been very useful for the teams, the drivers, and also for us. The teams have been able to fine-tune the setup of their cars in preparation for next weekend’s race, while the dr...

This year, the number of compounds that Pirelli can nominate throughout the season has increased to six because a new compound in the hardest range has been created. They’re numbered from zero to five, from the hardest to the softest, with the letter...