Pirelli unveils the tires chosen for the Canadian Grand Prix

La Formula 1 will finally taste the Canadian air again and once again walk the route of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. For this comeback, Pirelli has made its softest range of P Zero tires available to drivers. The single-seaters will be equipped with a choice of hard C3, medium C4 and soft C5 compounds.

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But after missing the last two editions, the cars have evolved and the teams are in the fog. “ Canada will pose a number of question marks for the teams: the weather is often variable, all previous data is three years old, and we have a completely different tire range with new compounds and new structures, on a track that is almost never used, which will result in a very high degree of evolution » underlines Mario Isola, competition manager at Pirelli. 

With one of the least time-consuming pit lanes for a tire change, Pirelli believes many strategies could emerge on Sunday. “ An interesting aspect of Montreal is that it is a circuit that has one of the lowest pit lane time loss penalties on the calendar, meaning a car can enter and exit the pit lane in less than 20 seconds. This could open up some options in terms of strategy. »

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