http://www.f1reader.com Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:52:01 +0100 [Pitpass.com] As has become the norm for street circuits, Pirelli has selected the three softest compounds in the race, namely the C3, the C4 and the C5, as was the case in 2023. http://www.f1reader.com/news/las-vegas-grand-prix-preview-pirelli-490437 news:490437 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:48:05 +0100 [Autosport.com] Carlos Sainz topped FP2 at Formula 1's 2024 Mexican Grand Prix, where George Russell crashed hard, Max Verstappen suffered repeat engine issues and the running was dominated by Pirelli's tyre test.In the extended 90-minute session, McLaren's Lando Norris led the pack out of the pits and duly shot to a 1m19.895s using the 2025 prototype C5 Pirelli soft.He was shuffled back by Pierre Gasly ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/f1-mexico-gp-sainz-leads-fp2-tyre-test-verstappen-hit-by-engine-issue-and-russell-crashes-485901 news:485901 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:42:10 +0200 [Pitpass.com] FP2 will be entirely given over to validating the softer compounds in Pirelli's 2025 range (C4, C5 and C6) in what is known as an in-competition test. http://www.f1reader.com/news/mexico-city-grand-prix-preview-pirelli-485390 news:485390 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:30:06 +0200 [Pitpass.com] The C5, clearly quicker over a flying lap, with a performance difference to the C4 of around 6 to 7 tenths, will need to be managed carefully in order to extract all its potential. http://www.f1reader.com/news/hungarian-grand-prix-practice-team-notes-pirelli-467879 news:467879 Fri, 19 Jul 2024 22:00:04 +0200 [Pitpass.com] This weekend it is likely that the C3 and C4 will be favoured in the race while the C5 will have its moment of glory in qualifying. http://www.f1reader.com/news/hungarian-grand-prix-preview-pirelli-467304 news:467304 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:05 +0200 [F1Technical.net] Pirelli is assessing whether a compound that is even softer than the current softest of its five-compound range, the C5 tyre could add to the excitement of races in the future. http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-set-to-introduce-softer-compounds-in-2025-452339 news:452339 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:27:05 +0200 [Pitpass.com] Pirelli's choice of slick tyre compounds falls to the three softest available this year, which means the C3 as Hard, the C4 as Medium and the C5 as Soft. http://www.f1reader.com/news/monaco-grand-prix-preview-pirelli-449301 news:449301 Tue, 21 May 2024 14:42:28 +0200 [Pitpass.com] The C3 and C4 appear to be competitive over a long run and, fairly predictably, they will be the most popular choices for the race, with C5 eventually being an option for the closing stages. http://www.f1reader.com/news/emilia-romagna-grand-prix-qualifying-team-notes-pirelli-448946 news:448946 Sat, 18 May 2024 21:24:12 +0200 [Autosport.com] Only moments before, Verstappen had pipped Carlos Sainz by 0.057s as the Ferrari driver spent much of the hour on top owing to his performance on the medium tyre earlier on in the session.An interesting thread within FP3 concerned the rapid degradation of the soft tyres over a single lap, and impressive first sectors for those trying the red-walled C5 often were unable to retain that level of ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/f1-australian-gp-leclerc-keeps-ferrari-in-front-in-final-practice-441207 news:441207 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 03:54:11 +0100 [F1Technical.net] Formula One's tyre manufacturer Pirelli have brought the three softest compounds of its 2024 tyre range to Melbourne with the C5 compound making its debut at the Australian Grand Prix. http://www.f1reader.com/news/tyre-preview-for-the-australian-grand-prix-441176 news:441176 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:15:04 +0100 [Autosport.com] Traditionally, the event has been seen as a one-stopper, but this year Pirelli opted to go a step softer than previously and bring its C3, C4 and C5 compounds in an attempt to create more interesting strategy choices.On Friday, drivers reported graining, with Nico Hulkenberg noting that the C5 was "no race compound".Russell therefore believes that a one-stop strategy will no longer be the ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/quot-punchy-quot-pirelli-f1-tyre-choice-could-produce-two-stop-australian-gp-441113 news:441113 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:06:06 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] Pirelli has confirmed that it will bring its softest tyre compounds for this weekend’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, including the scarcely used C5 compound. The move means that the C5 tyre will make its 2024 competitive debut this weekend at Albert Park. While the construction of the C5 tyre remains unchanged since 2023, teams […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-confirm-softer-tyre-selection-for-f1-australian-gp-440658 news:440658 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:42:08 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] Charles Leclerc ensured that Ferrari remained at the top of the timesheets as the curtain came down on pre-season testing ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The Monegasque driver strapped on the C5 compound – the grippiest in Pirelli’s range this season – to post a 1:30.332s, three-tenths behind the fastest time of testing. […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/leclerc-pips-russell-to-end-2024-f1-pre-season-testing-on-top-436824 news:436824 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:12:07 +0100 [Pitpass.com] It's hard to see the C5 coming into play, unless someone wants to gamble in the final stages on exploiting the Soft's grip advantage over a used Hard, with a lighter car. http://www.f1reader.com/news/abu-dhabi-grand-prix-qualifying-team-notes-pirelli-411279 news:411279 Sat, 25 Nov 2023 20:06:05 +0100 [Pitpass.com] We've selected the softest three compounds, with C3 as the hard, C4 as the medium, and C5 as the soft. This is the same choice as last year. http://www.f1reader.com/news/abu-dhabi-grand-prix-preview-pirelli-410183 news:410183 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:00:06 +0100 [Pitpass.com] In Mexico the teams will have C3 as hard, C4 as medium and C5 as soft: one step softer compared to 2022. Mexico also gives us the chance to try out a new variant of the C4. http://www.f1reader.com/news/mexican-gp-preview-pirelli-404904 news:404904 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:07 +0200 [MotorSportWeek.com] Pirelli looks likely to avoid making any revisions to the C2 tyre compound for the 2024 Formula 1 season after conducting tests during the Japanese Grand Prix last month. F1’s official tyre supplier sought to identify whether a new softer form of the C2 compound (the third hardest in the range of C0 to C5) […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/no-2024-changes-to-pirelli-c2-tyre-following-suzuka-test-398077 news:398077 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:00:08 +0200 [Autosport.com] F1's official tyre supplier has been evaluating some minor tweaks to next year's tyre compound selection in a bid to tidy up some minor issues.One of the areas it thought about changing was making the C2 - the third hardest compound in its selection that runs from C0 to C5 - slightly softer.This was because it has proven to be quite close in performance to the C1, and slightly too far away ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-set-to-abandon-c2-shift-for-f1-2024-after-japan-prototype-test-397910 news:397910 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:24:05 +0200 [TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk] Pirelli's Mario Isola believes the decision to bring the C3, C4 and C5 compounds to Hungary was the right one amid the first weekend of the Alternative Tyre Allocation in Formula 1. http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-039-s-mario-isola-quot-the-three-compounds-we-chose-to-bring-here-were-the-right-ones-quot-389740 news:389740 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:51:07 +0200 [TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk] Pirelli's Mario Isola is expecting the C5 tyre to only appear during qualifying this weekend, at the Canadian Grand Prix. http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-s-mario-isola-expecting-spectacular-canadian-grand-prix-364967 news:364967 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:33:06 +0200 [Autosport.com] With times at the Bahrain International Circuit improving as teams shifted to more performance work, Leclerc clocked a 1m31.024s on Pirelli's C5 tyres to lead Mercedes' George Russell by four tenths.Following two flawless days Alfa Romeo hit trouble in Sakhir, Valtteri Bottas causing a red flag as he ground to a halt with suspected gearbox problems.It was the second red flag of the session ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/2023-f1-bahrain-test-leclerc-tops-final-morning-for-ferrari-345179 news:345179 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:18:10 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] A late dash from Guanyu Zhou saw Alfa Romeo marginally top the times in Bahrain on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in 2023. Zhou, one of three drivers to be given both sessions behind the wheel, clocked a 1:31.610 on the grippiest C5 compound to pip Verstappen by 0.040 seconds in the […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/f1-2023-pre-season-testing-day-2-results-345096 news:345096 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:36:07 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu ended the second day of pre-season testing from the Bahrain International Circuit as the fastest driver. Zhou's fastest lap came in the final half hour of the session as he took to the track with a set of C5 tyres. The Chinese driver, who enters his second year in F1, headed […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/zhou-quickest-as-mercedes-breaks-down-during-second-f1-test-day-345094 news:345094 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:30:10 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] Pirelli has confirmed that it will add an additional slick tyre compound to its range for the 2023 Formula 1 season. The new compound will be named the C0, accompanying the current C1 – C5 range that has been used since the 2019 season. However, the C0 compound will not be new, as the old […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-to-introduce-sixth-compound-to-f1-range-in-2023-338271 news:338271 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:36:04 +0100 [TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk] Pirelli will bring their softest compound step to the Austrian Grand Prix, the C3, C4 and C5 tyres, which Pirelli Motorsport Director Mario Isola believes will place emphasis on on-track action at the Red Bull Ring. http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-039-s-mario-isola-bringing-softest-tyre-step-to-austria-quot-helps-us-in-putting-the-focus-o-321305 news:321305 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:45:04 +0200 [MotorSportWeek.com] Pirelli says it has concluded that there is a number of possible strategies for drivers to undertake at this afternoon's Monaco Grand Prix. Pirelli has brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyres to Monaco, the softest tyres in its dry compound range. As is always the case in Monaco, a one-stop strategy is the overwhelming […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/pirelli-sees-variety-of-viable-strategies-for-monaco-gp-316762 news:316762 Sun, 29 May 2022 10:42:04 +0200 [TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk] Getting the best out of the Pirelli's C5 tyre will be key to a successful weekend in Monaco, according to Mario Isola. http://www.f1reader.com/news/maximising-c5-compound-039-vital-039-for-competitive-monaco-weekend-pirelli-039-s-mario-isola-316238 news:316238 Wed, 25 May 2022 20:57:05 +0200 [Autosport.com] The F1-75 has been consistently fast in all conditions over the six days of testing in Barcelona and Sakhir, although Red Bull clearly made a significant step with the new aero package it introduced on Saturday.Carlos Sainz was fastest in Bahrain on Friday, while on Saturday Charles Leclerc was fastest on the C4 tyre until he was beaten by RBR's Max Verstappen on the softer C5 in the final ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/binotto-ferrari-still-the-quot-outsiders-quot-despite-strong-f1-test-form-307401 news:307401 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:06:04 +0100 [MotorSportWeek.com] World Champion Max Verstappen set the fastest time as Formula 1's second pre-season test came to a close in Bahrain on Saturday. Verstappen moved to the front of the pecking order in the final half hour, after sunset, with a lap of 1:31.973s on Pirelli's C5 tyres. That effort came after he spun on his […] http://www.f1reader.com/news/verstappen-finishes-pre-season-testing-on-top-for-red-bull-307303 news:307303 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:30:07 +0100 [Autosport.com] AlphaTauri racer Gasly had used the cooler conditions as dusk arrived over the Sakhir circuit late into the four-hour afternoon session to bolt to the top of the timing screens.Equipped with the softest C5 compound Pirelli tyre, Gasly overcame the gusty Gulf air to post a 1m33.902s to sit half a second clear at the top over the two Ferraris.But any late challengers were denied by Perez ...Keep reading http://www.f1reader.com/news/2022-f1-bahrain-test-gasly-outpaces-sainz-to-lead-day-1-306795 news:306795 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:24:05 +0100