2023-07-31 22:19:15
Pirelli’s F1 boss doesn’t dispute drivers who claim full-wet tires are ‘unusable’. F1 rules stipulate that drivers must wear full wetsuits if the race starts behind the safety car, as in the sprint at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday.
At Spa, however, almost all drivers decided to pit for the more competitive intermediates as soon as the safety car was lifted. “The full wet is totally useless,” Mercedes F1 driver and GPDA director George Russell said following the race. “Really, really bad. Those tires are 6-7 seconds slower per lap than the intermediates.” We need to improve.” Interestingly, Pirelli boss Mario Isola does not necessarily disagree with Russell. Mario Isola revealed at Spa-Francorchamps that Pirelli is already working out ideas for future ‘super intermediate’ or ‘intermediate plus’ tyres. Pirelli has recently stepped up its performance in the full wet, but the big problem is that race directors are becoming increasingly reluctant regarding what the races do when the circuit is very wet. “Are they just safety car tyres?” Isola wonders. “We always put ourselves in the driver’s point of view and that is an issue that we are working with the teams and the FIA,” he said. In my opinion, we should leave two types, intermediate and full wet.” “However, if rain tires can only be used behind the safety car, then those tires are useless. In that case, I am also a driver’s opinion. “I agree with you.” “We need to decide which direction we want to go and which products we need for F1.”
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