News Details

Pirelli's new 2018 compounds 'will boost overtaking'

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles says he's confident that Pirelli's new line-up of compounds for 2018 will promote closer racing. All of Pirelli's slick compounds have been reformulated this year to make them somewhat less durable and more prone to degradation. In addition. Pirelli have added two new compounds to last year's line-of of five options. The superhard tyre will provide the longest life, while the hypersoft will be held back for twisty circuits requiring greater grip. Teams only got a chance to see the new compounds in action in post-season testing at Abu Dhabi last November. But Vowles is confident that Pirelli's new tyres will deliver tighter racing in 2018. “These...
Full Story »
7y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes assured Pirelli’s new tyres will...

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles is certain Pirelli’s 2018 tyre...
7y ago from Crash.net

Williams defends 2018 F1 line-up amid 'pay driver'...

Williams deputy chief Claire Williams has launched a staunch defence of...
7y ago from Crash.net

McLaren expecting mainly two-stop F1 races in 2018

McLaren chassis chief Tim Goss expects a two-stop strategy to be standard...
7y ago from Crash.net

Formula 1: Williams say inexperienced drivers can...

Williams say they have no concerns that their inexperienced driver line-up...
7y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal and Chelsea set to battle it out for...

Arsenal and Chelsea are reportedly interested in signing the Marseille...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arrizabalaga Arsenal’s shootout hero at expense of...

s competition may not be Mikel Arteta or Oliver Glasner’s top priority...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal edge Palace on penalties to reach Carabao Cup...

Maxence Lacroix was the villain for Crystal Palace as he scored an...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace (8-7 on pens): Carabao Cup...

a Arrizabalaga denied Maxence Lacroix in the penalty shootout to send...
1h ago from TheGuardian.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.