In an exclusive talk with f1technical.net’s Balazs Szabo, Pirelli’s racing manager Mario Isola revealed Pirelli intends to introduce softer compounds as of the 2018 F1 Championship season in a bid to make strategies more exciting. The Milan-based tyre company which has supplied the pinnacle of motorsport since 2011 has been tasked with an enormous challenge when it had to design new, 25 per cent wider tyres for an era of a totally rethought technical regulation. Three teams – Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull – helped Pirelli in its pursue for the best compounds and tyre constructions. These squads prepared mule cars which were aimed to simulate the increase in downforce. “We had...
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