Pirelli F1’s abolishment of tire blanket ban will “help in 2025 tire development”[F1-Gate.com]

Pirelli said F1’s decision to scrap the ban on tire blankets will move forward in its efforts to deliver better tires for the 2025 race. Pirelli is evaluating tire changes to eradicate sa-marudegura, which has leveled up this year. The overheating properties of tires have been labeled as the ‘enemy of racing’ by those in the F1 paddock, as they prevent drivers from pushing hard and actively prevent rivals from overtaking.

The issue of tire overheating was also discussed at the most recent F1 committee meeting, which called for a focus on addressing the issue and improving the raceability of future tires. The same meeting also approved the planned abolition of the tire blanket ban in 2025, which will help ease the burden on Pirelli as it tackles two challenges in test development next year. Rather than developing tires with the extra warm-up characteristics required without a blanket, Pirelli can focus on addressing overheating issues. Pirelli’s F1 chief engineer Simone Berra said there was now a path forward for a test program to develop a better compound for 2025. “At least the target is clearer. It’s clearer than it has been in previous weeks,” Vela said. “We know that in 2024 we need to work on development tests to create a new generation of compounds, and this will be the target. “We will continue to improve the reliability of the tires in terms of structure. But in the development plan for 2024, the focus will be on the compound, with a clear focus on overheating.”Bella said the first step for Pirelli will be to spend a few weeks analyzing the 2023 data and find out why it overheated this year. The aim is to understand whether this has become a problem. “We want to understand why the effects of overheating have increased from 2022 to 2023. What is the reason?” added Vera. “After this analysis, which we will do at the end of the season, we will try to understand where we need to work on the compound to improve this. “Obviously we want the drivers to push as much as possible without managing the tire temperature. That’s our goal.” Some have pointed out that one of the causes of overheating is the structure of the tire (particularly the shoulder area of ​​the belt), but Vera believes it’s more to do with the choice of compound. There is. “I don’t think it’s a structural issue,” Berra said. “Sometimes there are comments about overheating, but it’s not really overheating. The driver just feels a lack of grip or a decrease in grip, and sometimes the tire itself has deteriorated, such as wear or graining.” There were comments about it overheating, but it wasn’t actually overheating.”However, there were a few races where I noticed high temperatures, and the rear axle in particular was affected by the high temperatures. “We need to find out if that’s the reason.” “In terms of overheating, I think we need to improve the compound even more. If we can make a more reliable tire and lower the air pressure a little bit, that will help with overheating. “Because you have more area, you can distribute more pressure, so you can distribute the temperature more evenly. “But the compound doesn’t change everything. So the compound has to work with the structure. That’s why structures and compounds need to advance together.”