Pirelli aren’t planning to make any major changes to their tyre compounds in 2015, but motorsport director Paul Hembery expects things will be more aggressive.
The tyre supplier enjoyed a relatively quiet season last year, thanks to a conservative approach – the result of new engine regulations which were an unknown to the Italian manufacturer.
However things will be different in 2015 as the teams find more pace over the winter, allowing them to push the tyres to the maximum once again, according to Hembery.
“Last year people said we were a little bit too conservative and maybe a little bit boring, but I think it is more a case of we went into a year with new technology,” he told Sky Sports F1.
“We’ve seen some initial data that suggests the cars are going to make another good step in performance compared to last season and what might have been a conservative choice last season might become quite an aggressive one in 2015,” he added.
“So like many we are interested to see what happens with the unfreeze for a little while of the engine regulations, what that is going to mean for the majority of teams – particularly on race pace, that is the one aspect where we expect to see a big improvement in performance. And that might make a conservative choice suddenly a bit more aggressive.”
It’s expected that the cars, thanks to both engine and aerodynamic development, will be around two seconds quicker per lap.
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