Pirelli begins testing on wider tyres to be used in 2017


Formula one provider Pirelli has started on-track development work on the broader tyres to be used from next season. Ferrari square measure take a look ating at their Fiorano test track on Mon and Tuesday before Red Bull take over at Mugello in Italian Republic on Wednesday and Thursday. The new tyres square measure 305mm wide at the front and 405mm at the rear, 60mm and 80mm wider severally than in 2016. Ferrari square measure running their 2015 automotive changed to simulate 2017 downforce levels. The rules to be introduced next year square measure aimed toward creating the cars up to 5 seconds a lap quicker. This will be achieved by accumulated levels of mechanics downforce, together with a bigger proportion created from the belly, and completely different front and rear wings, additionally to the broader tyres. In addition, Pirelli are told to supply tyres on that drivers will push flat-out for for much longer periods. The current Pirelli tyres need careful management and might solely be driven on the limit for a lap or 2 at a time before they overheat and irretrievably lose performance, thus drivers square measure overlapping a minimum of a second off the pace for the overwhelming majority of races. Ferrari's take a look at is primarily aimed toward making an attempt out Pirelli's new wet-weather tyres, though four-time champion Sebastian Vettel did some installation laps on the untreaded 'slick' dry-weather tyre early Mon. Haas' Esteban Gutierrez, World Health Organization was Ferrari's reserve driver in 2015, takes over on Tuesday. As a part of the commit to simulate 2017 mechanics hundreds, the automotive they're driving is fitted with facet 'skirts', that seal the gap between the ground and also the track and increase downforce.
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