Articles tagged with 'Formula 1' | Pirelli

THE TYRES ON TRACK Pirelli brings the hardest tyres in the 2022 range to the race where it is title sponsor in Spain, with the C1 as the P Zero White hard, C2 as the P Zero Yellow medium, and C3 as the P Zero Red soft. It’s a pretty straightforward c...

THE RACE TYRE STORYIt’s three wins from three race finishes for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen: he claimed the inaugural Miami Grand Prix from third on the grid with just one pit stop from the P Zero Yellow medium to the P Zero White hard. Ferrari’s Charl...

THE ROAD TO POLECharles Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two in qualifying, with all the cars using the P Zero Red soft tyre from start to finish of the session. Leclerc set the inaugural fastest lap record for the new Miami circuit in Q3: 1m28.796s. This w...

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNEDMercedes driver George Russell went fastest in the FP2 session on the P Zero Red soft tyre as the teams got their first taste of the brand new Miami street circuit. Ferrari’s championship leader Charles Leclerc was quickest in FP1...

THE TYRES ON TRACK For the very first visit to the eagerly-anticipated Miami street circuit, Pirelli has chosen the three tyres in the middle of the range: P Zero White hard is the C2, P Zero Yellow medium is the C3, and P Zero Red soft is the C4. Th...

THE RACE TYRE STORYMax Verstappen led a Red Bull one-two from first on the grid, after starting on the Cinturato Green intermediate tyre, moving onto the P Zero Yellow medium, and then finishing the race with a 12-lap stint on the P Zero Red soft. Ex...

IT’S A SPRINTRed Bull’s Max Verstappen converted pole into sprint victory on P Zero Red soft tyres, having overtaken Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who got past him at the start, with three laps to go. Verstappen will start tomorrow’s grand prix fro...

THE ROAD TO POLERed Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in a disrupted qualifying at Imola, held on Friday afternoon as this is a Sprint weekend, with his pole time set on the Cinturato Green intermediate tyre. Both the new 18-inch Cinturato Green and ...

THE TYRES ON TRACK Formula 1 returns to Imola, one of Pirelli’s two home races (alongside Monza), with the C2, C3 and C4 tyres nominated for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as P Zero White hard, P Zero Yellow medium and P Zero Red soft respectively. Th...

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THE RACE TYRE STORYFerrari driver Charles Leclerc converted his pole position into a win, using the one-stop strategy that was predicted as being fastest. He started the race on P Zero Yellow medium tyres and then swapped to the P Zero White hard on ...

THE ROAD TO POLEFerrari driver (and championship leader) Charles Leclerc took his second pole of the season, having made the most of the P Zero Red soft tyre, which was used from start to finish of qualifying by the whole field. Leclerc was the only ...

WHAT WE'VE LEARNEDAs expected, the re-worked Albert Park track was very ‘green’ and slippery at the start of the weekend, with the cars sliding a lot on the untreated new asphalt and a high degree of track evolution as more rubber was laid onto the s...

THE TYRES ON TRACK This year there’s an unusual tyre nomination for Melbourne’s famous street track, with a bigger gap than normal between the medium and softest compounds. The P Zero White hard is the C2 compound and the P Zero Yellow medium is the ...

THE TYRES ON TRACK Pirelli has selected the three hardest compounds in the new 18-inch tyre range for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix: the C1 compound is the P Zero White hard, the C2 is the P Zero Yellow medium and the C3 is the P Zero Red sof...

Pirelli’s 18-inch tyres were back in action on the 2022 Formula 1 cars at the Bahrain International Circuit this week, for the second pre-season test following the first session at Barcelona two weeks ago.Temperatures were much higher throughout the ...

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The 2022 Formula 1 season has got underway in Barcelona with Pirelli’s new 18-inch tyres. An initial three days of pre-season testing took place in ambient temperatures that ranged from six to 21 degrees centigrade, while track temperature varied bet...

Abu Dhabi, December 15, 2021 – Two days of post-season testing have concluded in Abu Dhabi, in dry conditions with ambient temperatures that ranged from 18 to 32 degrees, and track temperatures varying from 20 to 42 degrees.Using ‘mule cars’, teams h...

KEY MOMENTSRed Bull’s Max Verstappen won his first world title in dramatic fashion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with three pit stops: taking the lead on the final lap after stopping for P Zero Red soft tyres during a safety car. Verstappen started fro...

POSSIBLE RACE STRATEGIESAlthough the Yas Marina circuit now has a faster and more flowing layout that puts more lateral energy through the tyres than before, a one-stopper is still the fastest way to approach the 58-lap race (the total distance has b...

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The ongoing analysis that Pirelli is carrying out on the tyres of the cars that suffered deflations during the Qatar Grand Prix has provided some initial conclusions that exclude any production defects.Based on the findings obtained so far, the origi...

KEY MOMENTSMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix from pole, with two stints on the P Zero Yellow medium C2 tyre and one stint on the P Zero White hard C1. He started on the medium before switching to the hard and then fini...

POSSIBLE RACE STRATEGIESThe optimal strategy for the 57-lap Qatar Grand Prix should be a two-stopper. The best tactic on paper would involve one stint on the P Zero Yellow medium C2 tyre followed by a stint on the P Zero White hard C1 and a final sti...

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KEY MOMENTSMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix with a two-stop medium-hard-hard strategy: the same tactic used by all the top three drivers.Hamilton started from P10 on the grid and worked his way up through the field, making ...

POSSIBLE RACE STRATEGIESTomorrow all the compounds can play a key role. The fastest strategy for the 71-lap Brazilian Grand Prix should be a two-stopper but a lot will depend on track temperature; the weather should be a little warmer. Today the P Ze...