News Details

Analysis: Why Pirelli hopes a wider tyre range will improve F1

The announcement of an expanded range of seven dry Formula 1 tyres for 2018 has caused some uproar among fans, with many suggesting the system is now too complicated. Pirelli launched an expanded array of F1 tyres in 2018 by unveiling seven compounds in a "rainbow" range in Abu Dhabi last weekend. One of the new compounds will be the orange 'superhard' and will work as an insurance policy in case the other tyre choices prove to be too soft, while at the other end of the scale, the pink 'hypersoft' tyre - named by a social media poll - will be the softest compound. To continue reading Subscribe to PRIME Join PRIME and take advantage of member benefits: Custom news feed based on...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli introduces two new F1 tyre compounds for 2018

Pirelli will expand its dry weather Formula 1 tyre range to seven...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Pirelli expands to seven slick tyre compounds for 2018

Pirelli will have seven slick tyre compounds available in Formula 1 next...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Pink Hyper-soft, Orange Super-hard to Join 2018 F1...

Pirelli launches its new range of 2018 Formula 1 tyres in Abu Dhabi, which...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli adds super-hard, hyper-soft tyres to 2018 F1...

Pirelli has announced it will add two new compounds to its dry-tyre range...
8y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Start of IndyCar Nashville race on hold due to weather

The beginning of the Music City Grand Prix from Nashville Superspeedway...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar event from Nashville postponed to Monday due...

Heavy rain has postponed IndyCar’s Music City Grand Prix at Nashville...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen triumph on Rally Estonia

The next generation of WRC stars continued to shine in Estonia as Sami...

Toyota’s young guns dominate Rally Estonia

Saturday in Estonia was a long day – nine stages and 150km of flat out...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Merse on Rogers move: Crazy money for a player Chelsea...

In his latest column, Sky Sports' Paul Merson gives his reaction to Morgan...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Source claims Liverpool & Arsenal contact winger...

Liverpool and Arsenal have both explored the possibility of signing RB...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Spain deservedly win the World Cup final

Morning all, welcome to a brand new week. Spain are the World Cup winners,...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Lewis Hamilton fumes at Ferrari over Belgian Grand Prix...

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton was furious... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

F1: A slip of the tongue from Toto?

'We have the most powerful power unit,' declares... Read More »
3h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.