Pirelli introduces more colour codes for its tyres
Pirelli has recently announced that they will colour the entire “sidewall” of its ‘option’ tyres in Turkey, in order to differentiate and highlight those tyres and the other compounds the teams are using for the audience.
As a result of this announcement, the original rules regarding the coloration of the Pirelli P Zero branding and the following addition of coloured outer tread with thin lines was not as noticeable, as the spectators were expecting a result of which it was
getting difficult for the audience to differentiate and recognize the tyre compound each driver uses.
This problem has been going on for the first three races of this season since the tyres were introduced but the organizers of the sport are happy with the new tyre compounds performance and the ideas Pirelli is putting in for enhancing the quality of the
sport.
Pirelli’s motorsport Director, Paul Hembery, has recently stated that the soft “optional” compounds are going to be distinguished, in order to make it easier for to figure out if any of the drivers use this compound.
“The colours will be full colours on the sidewall and it will look much more significant the amount of colour we put in so the black can't get in the way when it's spinning”, he said.
However, the Pirellis of 2011 are performing very well and the teams are satisfied with their results, and so is the Fédération Internationale de l' Automobile (FIA).
The degradation of the new tyres has affected the sport, as the teams are opting for at least a 2 pit strategy despite Sergio Perez’s amazing one pit strategy at the season opener.
Nevertheless, it is believed that the overtaking rate in the sport has increased, as the Chinese Grand Prix, and the Malaysian Grand prix were quite entertaining and the overtaking rate in both of those races was more than it was at the venues back in 2010.
Other than that, the element of a race strategy has also become vital for the teams now and it is believed that the European races are going to be even more entertaining as a result.
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