Pirelli tested slick tires without using tire warmers
At the beginning of the week, Alpine, Red Bull, and Ferrari conducted tests in Italy on behalf of Pirelli. The tests were carried out for both slick tires and rain versions.
Not all of the paddock has left Monza. Red Bull and Alpine remained in the Temple of Speed garage on Tuesday, September 5th. Here, Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez conducted slick tire tests without using tire warmers in order to develop this range. At the end of this testing day, the Mexican driver completed 119 laps, while the Alpine driver was one lap behind.
Not far from Monza, where the Italian Grand Prix took place, Carlos Sainz was behind the wheel of his Ferrari at the Fiorano circuit, owned by the Scuderia. There, the Spanish driver was testing wet and intermediate tires on a track artificially made wet. The one who finished third last weekend completed 153 laps with his SF-23.
Nearly 3,000 kilometers
The next day, it was Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc who took over. The Frenchman completed 122 laps and drove slightly faster than his teammate (by half a second), while the Monegasque, still at Fiorano, covered 130 laps on a wet track.
« Our goal during these two days was to finalize some choices for next year but also to work on the long term, even if we don’t know yet if we will continue to supply Formula 1 from 2025 », reveals Mario Isola, the F1 manager at Pirelli.
« We don’t get as many track testing opportunities, so we have to maximize each one. We have collected a lot of data over these two days, which we will now analyze carefully. With nearly 3,000 kilometers covered – 2,922 to be precise – we were able to try out different things. »
