This weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix will provide an early opportunity for all eleven F1 teams to try out the latest-specification 2014 prototype tyres as Pirelli gears up for the new-look formula on the horizonDifferent engine characteristics will have an important effect on next year's tyres, and Pirelli is keen to test them out, even though this weekend will, of course, be the final call for the venerable V8 era. Each car will have two sets of next year's tyres - featuring the 2014 construction and profile and proposed medium compound - to use in FP1 and FP2, as allowed by the current regulations.The rest of the Interlagos weekend will be conducted on the same hard and medium compounds...
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