Last week we discussed the challenge Haas F1 said they were having with this year’s Pirelli tire compounds. The thinner tread has certainly been a challenge for them in finding the right performance operating window whereas Mercedes seem to be square on top of it. As Gunther Steiner said, they spend millions of the cars and they shouldn’t be talking saying, “did your tire work or not?” It is interesting in that the thinner tread was designed to reduce graining and have a higher heat window but after introduced last season, they did seem to really favor the Mercedes chassis and one might consider that before bringing them to this year’s product offering. For Pirelli’s racing...
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