Pirelli will bring a test compound to Friday practice for the Turkish Grand Prix in the hope of introducing it for the Spanish round in Barcelona.
The new hard compound is designed to last between two and three laps more than the current hard tyre, which will be used for the race in Turkey alongside the softs.
Pirelli are keen to experiment with ‘tweaked’ compounds. The aim of this harder tyre is to offer more durability with the downside that it will offer slightly less grip
“We’re looking forward to seeing our new evolution of the hard compound tyre on track in Turkey on Friday,” said Maurizio Boiocchi, director of research and development at Pirelli.
“At Pirelli, we don’t believe in standing still so, in collaboration with the teams, we’re always working on new evolutions of the tyres that we hope will benefit the sport throughout the year.
“If we see the results that we expect from this life-sized test of the new tyre, our aim will be to use it at the next race in Barcelona.
“This tyre will provide less degradation and so we expect it to last longer, but the warm-up time will also be a little longer and there will be less grip,” he explained.
