[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFrPqDmOO4[/youtube]
Video by Pirelli explaining the new compounds.
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AFAIK, most race tyres are (high level races) so I'll be surprised if F1 Pirelli tyre aren't.n smikle wrote:Why would you think so?Lurk wrote:I'm pretty sure F1 tyres are already directional.
Their marketing / PR / spin of things to the masses is quite good, for sure.Hail22 wrote:From a marketing point of view, its smart.
you can still switch an asymmetric tyres around ie. left to right, but not asymmetric unidirectional tyres.n smikle wrote:I think they mean for the slicks the inboard ply is different from the ourboard ply. So you can't can't switch them around any more.
I wonder if this will play in to the hands of drivers like Button and Perez who seem able to keep a tyre going longer anyway. Also, Ferrari struggled to get their tyres up to temperature last year but were good in long runs - will this help them too? Will the likes of Hamilton who enever seemed to struggle last year getting the tyres up to temperature find these ones just a little too sensitive for him? Interesting possibilities for some subtle changes in obvious driver strengths.Swift evolution of Pirelli’s tyre technology has allowed the new hard tyre – the PZero Orange – to be roughly equivalent to last year’s medium compound.The tyre sidewalls are softer this year, but the shoulders are stronger. The effect of this is faster thermal degradation while the tyre’s peak performance window is extended. Traction is also improved, which translates into faster lap times, especially on the exit of corners and in combined traction areas, from braking to acceleration and vice versa.
