Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz completed Ferrari’s part of the test programme for Pirelli’s 2022 prototype tyres by turning 320 laps of Jerez. Each of the 10 Formula 1 teams have been allocated three days this year to test the 18-inch tyres for 2022 that will replace the current 13-inch version. Ferrari got the programme under way this week with the SF90, their 2019 car, over three days at the former home of the Spanish and European Grands Prix near Cadiz. A mixture of tyre types were trialled – wets, intermediates and slicks – even though it had originally been reported that Jerez was not equipped to enable wet-weather testing due to lack of an irrigation system. However,...
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