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Pirelli appoints single stop strategy as possible winner

over 13 years ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 1016 views )

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery has declared that the tyre supplier expects a one stop strategy is one of the likely possibilities to win the Abu Dhabi GP.... read more »

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Senna targets Q3 appearance

over 13 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 1017 views )

Bruno Senna believes that making Q3 is a reasonable target for Williams this weekend. Senna handed over his car to Valtteri Bottas in first practice but managed eleventh in... read more »

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Pirelli 'needs wider compound choice'

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1133 views )

Pirelli needs a bigger choice of dry weather tyre compounds to choose from to avoid low-degradation one-stop races like the Indian Grand Prix read more »

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Indian GP: Race notes - Pirelli

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 934 views )

Both the hard and the soft tyres lasted extremely well, with low levels of degradation enabling the drivers to push at their hardest from start to finish. read more »

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Rosberg hopes saving fresh tyres pays off

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 941 views )

Nico Rosberg revealed that concerns about tyre degradation led to the decision not to set a lap time during the final session of qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix read more »

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Start will be crucial - Button

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 735 views )

Jenson Button says the start of the Indian Grand Prix will be crucial to the race result due to low tyre degradation read more »

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Indian GP: Qualifying notes - Lotus

over 13 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 889 views )

Qualifying seventh behind two Red Bulls, two McLarens and two Ferraris shows that we have the fourth fastest car here. We will do what we can in the race but we've seen... read more »

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Pirelli predicts teams will try one stop

over 13 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1089 views )

Pirelli believes that the tyre strategy for the Indian Grand Prix will be a near-repeat of that executed in Korea - with wear rather than degradation being the key consideration read more »

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McLaren: 'Work to be done before qualifying'

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1828 views )

McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have both admitted there is work to be done in regards to set up if they're to be in the fight for pole position on... read more »

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Italian quotes & stats round-up

over 14 years ago

from: BBC.co.uk/F1

( 1257 views )

Felipe Massa blames tyre degradation for his failure to score his first F1 podium for nearly two years at the Italian GP. read more »

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Tyre degradation caused Webber spin

over 14 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 821 views )

Mark Webber's spin towards the end of the Italian Grand Prix was simply caused by tyre degradation and team principal Christian Horner said there was no choice but to... read more »

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Massa: Degradation cost me podium

over 14 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 899 views )

Massive tyre degradation denied Felipe Massa a podium in front of Ferrari's Tifosi at Monza, according to the under-fire Brazilian read more »

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Massa happy to help Alonso

over 14 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 735 views )

Felipe Massa admits that Ferrari's high tyre degradation was unfortunate but that he was glad he could be of help to Fernando Alonso... read more »

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Teams expect Monza strategy dilemma

over 14 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 975 views )

Formula 1 teams are facing a tough call on tyre strategy for the Italian Grand Prix because of the low degradation experienced so far, claim leading team bosses read more »

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Italian GP: Qualifying notes - Lotus

over 14 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 888 views )

We're confident that - with the amount of downforce we have on the car - we can have a strong race. Our tyre degradation is generally less than some of our rivals so that... read more »

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Pirelli predicts one-stop Monza race

over 14 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 790 views )

Pirelli is predicting a straightforward one-stop strategy at the Italian Grand Prix thanks to the low degradation shown so far read more »

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Mercedes engine the cause of high tyre wear?

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1751 views )

Mercedes' powerful engine could be the cause of increased rear-tyre wear for its customers; McLaren, Mercedes and Force India, according to a report in Germany's Auto... read more »

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Hungary - Pirelli Sunday quotes

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1360 views )

Paul Hembery: "Because of the mixed conditions up to today, the teams were still lacking dry running with the soft tyre on full fuel heading into the race, so they all... read more »

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Hungary - Force India Sunday quotes

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1351 views )

Nico Hulkenberg, 11th: "A very difficult race, to be honest. I struggled a lot with the balance this afternoon and we just didn't have good enough pace. The rear tyre... read more »

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Hungary - Toro Rosso Saturday quotes

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1372 views )

Jean-Eric Vergne, 16th: “I feel I got the most out of the car we have at the moment and don’t think I could have gone much quicker. We improved our... read more »

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Video: Pirelli 3D Video - Tyres Behaviour

over 14 years ago

from: TheF1Times Videos

( 1356 views )

Pirelli produces compounds that are characterised by consistent and identical quality for all the teams. The behaviour of the tyres is influenced by various technical and usage... read more »

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Sauber has problem with degradation - Perez

over 14 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 756 views )

Sergio Perez says the Sauber is not as easy on its tyres as people think and that the team is actually struggling to manage a problem with degradation read more »

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Pirelli preview the Hungarian GP

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1492 views )

Paul Hembery: "Hungary will provide a very stark contrast to the circuits that we have just come from, being the slowest permanent track on the calendar. This does not... read more »

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Germany - Caterham Sunday quotes

over 14 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1437 views )

Vitaly Petrov, 16th: "I am pleased with my performance today. It was a pretty quiet race for me and the car felt good right from the first lap, so I think I got as much... read more »

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Tyre degradation hampers Hulkenberg

over 14 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 909 views )

Nico Hulkenberg highlighted tyre degradation as the reason why he slipped to ninth place in the German Grand Prix read more »