Ross Brawn says F1 teams are expert enough to avoid problems with new Pirelli tyres – Formula 1 news
Team principal for Mercedes, Ross Brawn, has stated that the F1 teams are expert enough to avoid the problems that might be caused by the new Pirelli tyres in the beginning of the 2013 F1 season.
“I think the process on the part of the teams will be much stronger.” Brawn said. “We've been through a period where the tyres were fairly benign and we didn't need a lot of tyre expertise within the team. With the Pirelli tyres, there was far more potential
to get it right or wrong, and we needed to create or strengthen the expertise. I think all the top teams have now got a lot of [tyre] expertise within their groups. Therefore when we start on the new tyres next year, we'll have a much stronger organisation
to support it.”
He added that the chance of having difficulties with the new tyres has been reduced but not completely eliminated. He said that the teams go through the pre-season testing while it still winters but they only start to understand the tyres when the actual
season begins. However, he said that the teams are still competent enough to adjust themselves with the new tyres.
Pirelli had introduced new tyres for the 2012 F1 season and they became a cause of unpredictable results in the beginning of the season. There was a lack of consistency as the season witnessed seven different drivers from five different teams in the first
seven races.
Pirelli is introducing new tyres for the upcoming season as well. They provided the teams with prototypes during the Friday practice session of the season ending Brazilian GP. Ahead of the Brazilian GP, Pirelli’s motorsport director, Paul Hembery, said that
the new tyres were going to bring a change in the aerodynamics of the cars. He told that they have used new compounds in them and had given the teams a chance to try the new tyres; collect information to take back to their respective factories and get the
correct the working frame for the new tyres. He had also told that since the cars themselves were not changing much so the teams will not be in for any huge surprises.
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