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Mercedes focused on improving F1 qualifying pace with W15

23 days 19 hours ago

from: Autosport.com

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The Brackley squad focused on long stints rather than glory runs across the three-day winter test in Bahrain, with George Russell taking second on the final day using softer C4... read more »

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Pirelli goes softer for F1 2024 Australian Grand Prix

4 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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With the Italian company electing to stick with its current tyre specification for next year, teams are already well-versed on their behaviour. So, with little more to... read more »

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Mexican GP: Preview - Pirelli

5 months ago

from: Pitpass.com

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In Mexico the teams will have C3 as hard, C4 as medium and C5 as soft: one step softer compared to 2022. Mexico also gives us the chance to try out a new variant of the C4. read more »

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2023 F1 Qatar GP results: Piastri wins sprint, Verstappen champion

5 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Mercedes' George Russell passed polewinner and early leader Piastri soon after a restart on lap three, but Russell's pace on softer tyres fell away as the sprint... read more »

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No 2024 changes to Pirelli C2 tyre following Suzuka test

6 months ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Pirelli looks likely to avoid making any revisions to the C2 tyre compound for the 2024 Formula 1 season after conducting tests during the Japanese Grand Prix last month. F1’s... read more »

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Pirelli set to abandon C2 shift for F1 2024 after Japan prototype test

6 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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F1's official tyre supplier has been evaluating some minor tweaks to next year's tyre compound selection in a bid to tidy up some minor issues.One of the areas it... read more »

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Italian GP: Qualifying team notes - Williams

7 months ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 169 views )

Alex was able to find improvements as we stepped through to the softer compounds, but Logan found it more difficult. read more »

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Verstappen sets early pace at Monza

7 months ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 310 views )

Once again ATA limits running as big guns opt to save the softer compounds for the remainder of the weekend. read more »

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Tyre preview: Pirelli brings harder compounds to Zandvoort

7 months ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 164 views )

Following two race weekends that saw Pirelli supply softer compounds, the Milan-based manufacturer's new C1 tyre compound will make its return this weekend when the F1... read more »

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Tyre preview: Pirelli delivers exciting tyre allocation for Spa

8 months ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 287 views )

Formula One's tyre supplier Pirelli will provide teams and drivers with an exciting tyre allocation for this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, bringing some of the softer... read more »

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Hamilton: Something "wrong" with Mercedes F1 car at Silverstone

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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The Briton and team-mate George Russell ran a different programme to other squads on the opening day of action, as they steered clear of using the soft tyre in FP1. However,... read more »

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Roy Keane: How F1 revealed the softer side of Man Utd and Sky Sports hard man

about 1 year ago

from: GPfans.com

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Most people see Roy Keane as a football hard man who is now just as abrasive as a TV pundit, but Eddie Jordan has revealed how F1 revealed a much softer side to the Irish legend. read more »

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Alpine "exercised the envelope" with extreme F1 testing set-ups

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 408 views )

TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that... read more »

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc heads Russell in Saturday morning running

about 1 year ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 648 views )

After a series of quick laps on Pirelli's softer compounds, Charles Leclerc found himself on top of the board with a time of 1m31.024s, beating Mercedes racer George... read more »

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2023 F1 Bahrain test: Verstappen shades Alonso to top opening day of testing

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

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Verstappen, the only driver to run for the full day as all other F1 teams split their programmes, put in a 1m32.837s midway through the afternoon to improve on his effort that... read more »

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Abu Dhabi GP: Preview - Pirelli

about 1 year ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 451 views )

The Yas Marina's characteristics aren't particularly demanding for the tyres. The asphalt is not especially abrasive, which allows the use of the softer compounds. read more »

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F1 Mexican GP: Russell leads FP2 as Leclerc crashes in Pirelli test running

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 713 views )

The extended 90-minute session saw drivers focus on running Pirelli's prototype rubber for next year, building on the findings from Austin one week ago with a softer... read more »

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United States GP: Practice team notes - Pirelli

about 1 year ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 298 views )

The work we did in FP2 here will allow us to analyse valuable data collected on the harder compounds, just as next weekend's FP2 session in Mexico City will give us some... read more »

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Leclerc urges Ferrari response to medium, soft tyre struggles

about 1 year ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 533 views )

Ferrari are struggling with tyre wear on the softer compounds in races compared to Red Bull, so Charles Leclerc is calling for a response. read more »

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Leclerc: Medium tyre struggles undid victory quest

about 1 year ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 654 views )

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari has to understand its relative weakness to Red Bull on softer tyres in race trim after losing out to Max Verstappen in Miami.' Verstappen... read more »

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Bahrain GP: Practice team notes - Pirelli

over 2 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 397 views )

Lap times so far look impressive, with the cars only around 1.2 seconds off the equivalent times from the same session last season, when they had a compound that was one step... read more »

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Binotto: Ferrari still the "outsiders" despite strong F1 test form

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 650 views )

The F1-75 has been consistently fast in all conditions over the six days of testing in Barcelona and Sakhir, although Red Bull clearly made a significant step with the new aero... read more »

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2022 Bahrain F1 test: Sainz heads Verstappen on Day 2

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1136 views )

Sainz took over the lead from Alpine's Esteban Ocon, who had been fastest in the morning session, with some 90 minutes to go in the session. The Spaniard first set a... read more »

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Why Pirelli's emergency F1 fixed supply rule looks set to stay

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 492 views )

Since the start of 2016, in a bid to add variability to each grand prix, teams were able to choose how aggressive they wanted to be with their tyre selection for grand prix... read more »

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Pirelli fears Turkish GP tyre choice too "aggressive"

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1278 views )

After drivers struggled to find grip on the newly-resurfaced track last season, Pirelli went one step softer for this year's race, switching from the C1, C2, C3... read more »