Pirelli to become tyre supplier for 2011

I hope that Pirelli have insisted that their racing tyres have to reflect the quality of their road tyres. This means writing component failure - the ridiculous situation of having to change tyres after five laps for example - OUT.

It was a pity that they did not persuade the FIA to eliminate the compulsory use of two compounds in a race.

Of course it would have been better to allow competition and have different teams sign up with different tyre manufacturers as they have done with engines.

Either Pirelli or Michelin would have been fine with me - at least it was not some ridiculous sounding non-traditional tyre company such as "Kuhmo" !

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

I hope that Pirelli have insisted that their racing tyres have to reflect the quality of their road tyres. This means writing component failure - the ridiculous situation of having to change tyres after five laps for example - OUT.

It was a pity that they did not persuade the FIA to eliminate the compulsory use of two compounds in a race.

Of course it would have been better to allow competition and have different teams sign up with different tyre manufacturers as they have done with engines.

Either Pirelli or Michelin would have been fine with me - at least it was not some ridiculous sounding non-traditional tyre company such as "Kuhmo" !

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Kuhmo aren't a tyre brand. Pirelli road tyres aren't really that great.....

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Kuhmo aren't a tyre brand. Pirelli road tyres aren't really that great.....

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Kuhmo is indeed a brand - their tyres are available in the US and they were mentioned as possible suppliers.

Pirelli have the same reputation as Michelin and Continental for example - but for me to have the return of such an Italian name that is synonymous with motor racing trumps everything.

I am a traditionalist and love Italy to bits because there is no other nation that could have produced drivers such as Brambilla or Varzi ir Regga [yes I know he supposedly Swiss!!!] or Andretti or Monza or the mille miglia and most of all Ferrari!

Believe me - one trip for anyone that loves racing to Italy and you will fall in love with the country and the people :D

Ciou!

Considering that Pirelli's GT tyres of recent years have been pretty good so I'll reserve judgment until the tyres are actually on the cars.

Damn it, ive nothing against Pirelli but I was really hoping after BS left that the single tyre BS (pun intended) would stop, but same s..t, different name.

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Originally Posted by V12

Damn it, ive nothing against Pirelli but I was really hoping after BS left that the single tyre BS (pun intended) would stop, but same s..t, different name.

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I agree.

Remember the days when teams could not only run with any tyre manufacture that was willing but also were able to optimise through having a different size of rim if warranted and could even put different compounds on each wheel specific for each track.

Now THAT is grand prix racing at its finest.

The current garbage is not only boring and stupid but also extremely UNformula One like.

Of course the most ridiculous thing is having commentators get all excited over changing tyres in 4 seconds and PASSING someone, not overtaking on track, but in the pits.

Sad.

They could have TEN grands prix in the US and have as many American drivers on the grid as there are Germans now - American interest in f1 would remain less than that in sychronized swimming.

And we know the reason why.

Tyres are one of the key instruments in the excitement of races, so I hope Pirelli will either mistakenly or knowingly design tyres, which perform like the Bridgestones did at Montreal for the majority of the season. :D In their previous stint in F1 they certainly knew, how to design highly competitive qualifying tyres, which last only for a few laps.

Q: will Pirelli be as good as Bridgestone tyres
(how much technology went in to making the tyre last the compleate race that is still used in the tyres this year) ?

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

Q: will Pirelli be as good as Bridgestone tyres
(how much technology went in to making the tyre last the compleate race that is still used in the tyres this year) ?

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Initially, I'm guessing that they won't be. Bridgestone/Firestone has SO many more years of experience producing tires for high speed, hard cornering open wheel cars. But in time, maybe Pirelli will be able to produce robust enough tires so that nothing unexpected (and dangerous) happens during races. As long as there is not unpredictable wear causing blowouts, leading to serious accidents (and injuries), it'll be OK... I guess. Still, I'm thinking that Bridgestone will be missed, at least for awhile. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong and we won't even notice the transition.

so long as they´re black, round and don´t burst... I doubt anybody will notice the transition to another single supplier :p