For the first time, since the abolition of the tyre wars, Teams will have seven dry and two Pirelli compounds to choose from in races this year. And with this comes a very steep learning curve, especially that Pirelli have also engineered higher levels of compound degradation into the new tyres. With the overall goal being to try and entice the teams into new and different strategies this year, Pirelli motorsport boss Mario Isola believes there could be a few surprises as the teams will still be learning how the compounds react under race conditions after a significant part of preseason testing was affected by unseasonably cold weather. 'I am sure there are some details we do not know...
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