Ecclestone, Mateschitz: Pirelli still takes what it deserves

Although Pirelli has announced his desire to rectify the situation, criticism is still raging against the Italian manufacturer's tires after the Spanish Grand Prix. Particularly criticism since the start of the season, Dietrich Mateschitz once again expressed his anger. “It no longer has anything to do with racing”, castigated the owner of the Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso in the columns of Salzburger Nachrichten. " The Formula 1 has become a race where you have to manage the tires. This is not what we want to see. In these conditions we cannot obtain the maximum potential from the cars and drivers. The battle for pole position no longer consists of setting the best possible time, but a fast time while saving the tires as best as possible. »

“The tires don’t fit”, for his part criticizes Bernie Ecclestone, the big boss of Formula 1, interviewed by Sky Sports F1. “This is not what we expected when we asked Pirelli to produce something that lasts half a race. Pirelli knows this and they are working on it. We are going to return to compounds closer to last season, which offered us close battles”. Under fire from critics, Paul Hembery considered this Tuesday a return to 2 to 3 stops per race for the Canadian Grand Prix, at the beginning of June.

Also read in AUTOhebdo n°1909, available now in digital version and this Wednesday in all newsstands, “Pirelli makes its mea culpa”. An open and candid interview with Paul Hembery, the boss of Pirelli Motorsport.