Pirelli stays not sure about precisely the place its new softest C6 compound will now race, after it proved to solely be good for “a part of a lap” in Abu Dhabi’s tyre take a look at on Tuesday.
F1’s official tyre provider is introducing an additional comfortable compound into its vary for particular road circuits in 2025, which it hopes will provide higher efficiency and open up technique choices.
The preliminary concept was for it to be thought of for the Monaco, Canadian, Singapore and Las Vegas Grands Prix.
Nonetheless, its potential stays unsure after groups tried it out in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and located that it was already overheating earlier than it had accomplished a full lap at velocity.
Pirelli head of F1 Mario Isola admitted that Abu Dhabi’s observe format and sizzling temperatures weren’t good for getting a correct gauge on it, and that extra evaluation was now wanted earlier than deciding precisely the place it could possibly be used subsequent 12 months.
“The C6 was working effectively for some groups, or a bit higher than the C5 for a few of them, however related for others,” he defined.
“The sensation was that it was working effectively within the first a part of the circuit, however within the third sector, the place you require various traction, the degradation is excessive since lap one.
“If we verify from the information this indication, then it implies that we have now to think about the races the place we’re going to choose the C6.
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“An preliminary concept was Monaco, Montreal, Singapore and Las Vegas, however we’ll take a look on the information, take a look at how the C5 carried out this 12 months, after which determine for 2025.”
Requested if the degradation on the C6 was greater than anticipated, Isola stated: “It’s troublesome to actually perceive as a result of the C6 was examined solely a few instances.
“So Abu Dhabi was vital for us to know how comfortable it’s, and evidently it’s good for part of the lap, however in all probability not sufficient to pick out the C6 for Abu Dhabi.”
Whereas questions stay in regards to the C6, Pirelli was inspired by different findings for the brand new vary of 2025 tyres that had been tried out.
Isola stated targets of the brand new tyres to enhance integrity, cut back overheating, minimise graining and have a extra constant hole between compounds appeared to have delivered primarily based on early evaluation of the take a look at.
“They had been working in greater temperatures, so the truth that the overheating was related is nice information as a result of which means in comparable circumstances it’s in all probability much less,” he stated.
“Abrasion is decrease. That’s one other aspect we needed to enhance, as a result of this 12 months we had some graining, and we wish to cut back the graining.
“We additionally examined all of the 5 compounds and the delta between the 5 compounds appears to be fairly effectively spaced. The C2 is nearer to the C3, and there is kind of half a second between compounds.”
Photographs from the Abu Dhabi Take a look at
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