News Details

Pirelli rules out holding further tyre tests at GPs

Formula 1's tyre provider Pirelli says it won't be holding any further development testing at Grand Prix events in 2020, after receiving negative feedback from teams following last year's trial at the United States GP. "It is not good to plan any test of validation during the race weekend," Pirelli's motorsport boss Mario Isola admitted to Autosport magazine. "If we have to test a completely new tyre it's probably the wrong way to do that." He said that attempting to cram in tyre testing had been too much of a distraction for teams who already had limited time available to prepare for the imminent race. Pirelli fear 2020 development rate could stress tyres "When...
Full Story »
6y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 holding auction to raise money for Australian...

Formula 1, together with the Australian Grand Prix, is holding an auction...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Leclerc on duty for Ferrari 18-inch tyre test at Jerez

Ferrari will call on Charles Leclerc to test Pirelli's 18-inch tyres at...
6y ago from F1i.com

Canal+ extends French F1 TV rights through 2022 season

Formula 1 will continue to be broadcast on Canal+ in France and its...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Remembering Britain's first F1 world champion - Mike...

©CahierArchive On this day in 1959, Britain lost its first Formula 1...
6y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu: MotoGP's newest superstar

On one fateful day, June 10, 2025, news finally broke that would mark one...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Tim Cindric returns to Penske in race strategist role

Team Penske has announced the strategist line-up for its 2026 IndyCar...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Enamoured Arteta driving £87m Arsenal move for...

Turkish International midfielder Arda Guler is a target for Arsenal at the...
48m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arteta wants £42m La Liga maestro to end...

Arsenal are keeping tabs on the development of the Villarreal midfielder...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Former Liverpool star names key area of game Arsenal's...

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has urged Arsenal superstar Declan...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'You have to go on the pitch and deliver' - Arsenal...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has responded to suggestions that...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.