[Tech Issue] Pirelli-The Tyre Story..

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

testing at the end of last year? the young driver tests?

perhaps i am forgetting a end of year test session, but since the teams conduct their young driver tests at different times and different places i would think that in fairness to those who chose to test earlier in the season everyone would have to use the same tires so im guessing that meant they used last years versions.

the timing of when they get the tires should be looked at more closely though. at the point of the first test some teams will have already spent literally tens of millions of dollars. not everyone is in the same boat then because Ferrari surely spent more than Sauber by the time either one of them got to see the 2013 tires.

from a cost point of view its some what ridiculous that you let teams spend this kind of money before you introduce 'a revolutionary variable' into the mix that could easily make all that they spent a complete waste.

At the young drivers test, Pirelli tested this seasons compounds, and if Ferrari want to spend millions on a long shot, then that's their look out. Anyway, most of the teams stayed behind to test the new tyres at Abu Dhabi, and the teams also tested next seasons tyres during practice for the Brazilian GP. Pirelli also tests its rain tyres at Abu Dhabi, and has its own F1 car to do more tyre testing during the season.