Pirelli has gathered three extra day's worth of data on their 18-inch tyres coming for 2022 with the help of Ferrari and Alpine. The 2021 season was originally going to see the introduction of new 18-inch tyres to replace the current 13-inch specs as part of sweeping changes to the Formula 1 regulations. But with the new generation of cars pushed back to 2022, the 18-inch tyres have followed, and with that came a delay to Pirelli's testing programme. Fortunately though that programme is now very much in full swing, and as part of the 30 allocated days it was over to Ferrari and Alpine to collect the latest rounds of data. On Tuesday it was Ferrari who ventured out onto the Bahrain...
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