Pirelli would have been “stupid” not to use more robust 2021 tyre

After a spate of tyre failures at last year’s British Grand Prix, the FIA took a two-pronged approach to addressing the loads on tyres in 2021 by first mandating an estimated 10% downforce cut with a package of aero reg updates, and later by homologating a more robust construction that Pirelli tested late last season.
Isola says that although F1 teams have already clawed back around half of the …Keep reading