Pirelli says F1 tyre test was successful

ERJ staff report (DS)

Jerez, Spain --The second Formula One group test in Jerez has drawn to a close, with Pirelli PZero tyres enjoying four days of testing in the south of Spain.

The characteristics of the Jerez circuit, which contains a wide variety of medium to highspeed corners, meant that the supersoft tyres saw very little action with the teams instead mostly looking at the soft, medium and hard compounds. Many of them were trying longer runs and race simulations for the first time as they expanded their development programmes.

Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery said: “From what we learned from those so far, we believe that we're still on course to see two pit stops per race, which obviously might be one stop on some circuits and three stops on others, depending on the individual cars and track characteristics. A number of drivers have mentioned to me that our tyres are going to be great fun to race with, which is exactly what we are aiming for.”

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Press release from Pirelli