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Pirelli primed for strong car performance gains in 2016
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Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery says the tyre manufacturer is preparing itself to be faced with strong performance improvements from the 2016 F1 cars. Having been conservative in 2014 due to the new power unit regulations, Pirelli was forced to change some parameters regarding its tyres as teams began to use the rubber more aggressively this season. Hembery says there were more variations between different cars this year and he expects that to be even more pronounced based on the predictions Pirelli has been given for 2016 performance from certain teams. “I guess this season some of the rate of development has meant that we’ve had to be a little bit more...
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