News Details

Pirelli expecting record lap times in 2015

Pirelli Media Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says that lap records at some circuits this year may be challenged due to the increased performance of the 2015 cars. During last year's Australian Grand Prix, the fastest time during the third practice session was a 1:29.375, but this year that benchmark was lowered to a 1:27.867 during the same session - comparisons with qualifying is not possible due to 2014's wet running. Pirelli says that while a lot of the lap time is down to chassis and engine development, a new rear construction on the tyres has aided this improvement. "These figures underline what we expected to see following pre-season testing: a significant reduction in...
Full Story »
10y ago from F1Zone.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Rosberg beats Hamilton by 0.029s in first F1 session...

Mercedes duo dominates opening Melbourne free practice, over a second...
11y ago from Motorsport.com

Mercedes dominates open practice session

Getty Images Enlarge Mercedes started the 2015 season as they finished...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Mercedes dominates opening practice session

Getty Images Enlarge Mercedes started the 2015 season as they finished...
10y ago from espnF1.com

F1 2015 Results – Practice 1 Australian GP

Nico Rosberg and Mercedes set quickest lap-time, as the Silver Arrows...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
23h ago from Motorsport.com

Honda pinpoints potential ‘advantage' ahead of...

Honda technical director Romano Albesiano believes there is one specific...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaughlin sets the early pace in IndyCar’s first...

The NTT IndyCar Series took to the track on a brand new street course...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Breaking: Takamoto Katsuta leads Safari Rally

News just in is that both Sebastien Ogier and Oliver Solberg have stopped...

Solberg clings on to Safari Rally lead as Ogier hunts...

Oliver Solberg started Friday with a 33.3 second lead over Elfyn Evans...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Euro giants ready to move for in-form Arsenal star...

Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior is reportedly attracting transfer interest...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Barcelona and Arsenal dealt blow as European rivals...

Barcelona and Arsenal are allegedly expected to be opposed by Ligue 1 side...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea dealt blow as Pedro Neto learns punishment for...

Chelsea star Pedro Neto has been handed a one-game ban for his reaction to...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Rotation can make Arsenal less predictable for Everton...

Morning all. It's a big one today, they're all big ones at this stage to...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.