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Pirelli is to trial a new design of rear tyre at subsequent weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix following the 2 high-speed failures in Azerbaijan this month.
Pirelli has are available for criticism from the Formula 1 drivers after the left-rear tyres of Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll failed at shut to 200mph.
The new design, which has a extra strong building, shall be tried in apply at the Purple Bull Ring on 2 July.
Every driver can have two units to use in both apply session.
The tyre is aimed at resolving a vulnerability within the shoulder of the tyre which Pirelli has protected to this point by mandating increased tyre pressures than the F1 groups would really like.
The corporate mentioned: “If the take a look at is profitable, the new rear specification shall be launched from the British Grand Prix onwards, changing the present specification.
“The new rear building incorporates some components which were developed to be used within the newest 18-inch Formula 1 tyres from 2022.
“With this new construction Pirelli supplies a tyre that may assure even higher ranges of integrity underneath the intense situations that may be generated by the present automobiles.”
The existence of the event tyre was revealed by BBC Sport final week.
The failures in Baku have been the most recent in a collection of tyre-related incidents over Pirelli’s decade-long tenure in F1.
Final weekend at the French Grand Prix, four-time champion Sebastian Vettel criticised the tyres in a non-public assembly between the drivers and Pirelli, main to an offended response from Pirelli motorsport director Mario Isola.
And Verstappen, who misplaced the race victory in Baku because of his failure, mentioned he was “not proud of the reason of what occurred in Baku as a result of I don’t suppose it’s absolutely clear, at least for folks outdoors, followers”.
Pirelli blamed the incidents on the situations by which the tyres have been being run. It mentioned that Purple Bull and Aston Martin had complied with the minimal beginning pressures however had discovered a means to have the tyres operating at decrease pressures out on observe than Pirelli anticipated.
Because of this, Pirelli has elevated the minimal beginning pressures to assure the integrity of the tyres.
Pirelli has no means of monitoring the tyre pressures reside out on observe this 12 months however will in 2022.
The groups might not all be in favour of the the new design being launched this as a result of it might doubtlessly lead them to having to make modifications to their automobiles to optimise efficiency with it.
But when mandatory governing physique the FIA has the best to impose the tyre on security grounds.
Pirelli’s tyres have lengthy been a trigger for grievance by the F1 drivers as a result of they’re delicate to warmth and require cautious administration in races.
This implies drivers can’t push onerous on the tyre for any size of time or race intently behind one other automotive in any other case the tyre overheats and loses grip.
The new tyre design being launched for 2018 is aimed at enhancing these traits and considerably decreasing thermal sensitivity so the automobiles may be pushed to the restrict all through races.
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