After Pirelli designed new 23-inch tyres for the preliminary swap to ground-effects final season, subsequent aerodynamic growth from groups has led to complaints about how simply the tyres now overheat from the altered airflow.
Whereas F1 has desired a number of pitstops to create divergent methods, and because of this the tyre should markedly degrade, drivers have more and more spoken out in opposition to the excessive put on that stops them from pushing all through a stint.
As such, F1 tyre producer Pirelli – which has signed a contract extension to continue the exclusive supply deal till 2027, with an choice for an extra 12 months – is to start analysis into a brand new tyre idea.
Pirelli motorsport boss Mario Isola informed choose media, together with Autosport: “With out excessive degradation, there isn’t a cause to focus on a two-stop race.
“But additionally, I imagine that many of the motion on observe is because of tyre degradation and the way you’ll be able to handle tyre degradation.
“For those who scale back that, I’m satisfied that the danger is to have a practice of automobiles as a result of clearly, in the event you can push, I can push, all people can push. It’s not a distinct tyre for every driver.
“So, I perceive drivers who’re complaining about excessive tyre degradation as a result of they want to push extra, and this can be a clear indication.”
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Dash Pole winner Lando Norris, McLaren, receives his hat from Mario Isola, Racing Supervisor, Pirelli Motorsport
On account of the continued complaints, Isola confirmed Pirelli will begin a selected evaluation on the problem within the “subsequent weeks”.
He continued: “What we wish to perceive is how we modify the motion on observe and lowering the degradation. That is one thing we are able to do.
“We’ve to design a tyre with a distinct degree of degradation and we are able to for the longer term contemplate that choice. However it’s essential to grasp if there’s any unintended consequence to this.”
Autosport understands that Pirelli will work with F1 and the groups to conduct its investigation since its personal simulator instruments to foretell methods doesn’t account for the consequences of working in site visitors.
Because the development and vary of tyre compounds for 2024 have already been outlined and locked in, any modifications wouldn’t make their grand prix debut till 2025.
Isola continued: “It can be crucial that, for the longer term, now we have these sort of targets clarified prematurely.
“We have to perceive what is nice for the game, considering the recommendation, the feedback from the drivers however for the advantage of the game.”