Pirelli has been working towards 2016

Despite tricky weather conditions during the first day of testing on the Red Bull Ring had been heavily disrupted by rain, then finally dry last Wednesday, Pirelli was able to work in collaboration with Ferrari, Toro Rosso et Mercedes on prototype rubbers (without visible marking, as usual), which come into play in the development process of future envelopes which will be offered in 2016.

“Thank you to these teams who volunteered to help us test new materials for 2016, comments Paul Hembery, boss of Pirelli Motorsport. Especially since we no longer have days dedicated to tire testing during the year.. The results obtained will be very useful for our development work. »

Remember that it was Nico Rosberg, recent winner of the Austrian Grand Prix, who signed the best cumulative performance of these two days, with a best time established in 1'09"113, a time achieved with the super-soft tires.