Allowing for factors such as temperatures and track resurfacing, as anticipated the new regulations this year saw lap speeds increase with official lap (race) records broken at ten of the twenty events. Next season however, according to Pirelli, the cars should be around 2s quicker, which could mean the remaining track records are all broken. 'At the beginning of next year they should be quicker by one second per lap,' said the Italian manufacturer's head of car racing, Mario Isola, according to Motorsport.com, 'and during a year the normal rate of development is 1 to 1.5 seconds, so by the end of next year they should be quicker by two seconds per lap. 'If we go softer with the tyres, the...
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