Pirelli are to get set analysing the results of the two days of wet tyre testing held this week.
The test wasn’t perfect, with temperatures consistently low throughout both days, but the circuit’s sophisticated sprinkler system allowed Pirelli to mimic a wide range of wet conditions.
A number of different wet tyre prototypes were tested as Pirelli work on a combination of different compounds, tread depths, and configurations.
It was a “blind test”, meaning the walls of the tyres didn’t carry any colour markings and the teams didn’t know which specifications they were testing.
Pirelli will continue to work on the development of the tyres off track, but say they are sure they have a good compound for extreme wet conditions.
Pirelli will continue to work on the development of the tyres off track, but say they are sure they have a good compound for extreme wet conditions.
Further conclusions will be released once proper analysis has been conducted.
Criticism from Kimi Raikkonen, one of the five drivers that took part in the test, did not worry Pirelli, as the Finn was testing different prototypes in full wet conditions.
Speed was not an important factor in the test, but Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was fastest over the two day test. The German completed 134 laps overall.Stoffel Vandoorne, who was driving for McLaren on both days, had his testing cut short on the first day, due to an engine failure, unsurprising given the test was completed using the unaltered 2015 specifications for the car.
The next outing for Pirelli will be the first pre-season test in Barcelona on February 22-25.
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