New Delhi:- The two-day test is the latest stage in Pirelli's roofless racing program, although it is about to be affected by rain. Pirelli's hope is to introduce the new tire by 2024, but last Friday the F1 Committee agreed to postpone the decision to remove the tire and then consider it in 2025.
The decision was made too late for Pirelli to change its race plans for the Spa, and therefore the focus of the test will remain on the tire not to inflate, in order to gather more data so it can be introduced in year 2025. It's worth noting, however, that Pirelli is unsure if they will still be the official F1 tire supplier for this season as they face a challenge from Bridgestone for a contract that runs from 2025 to 2028.
A decision on the tender is expected during the summer break. If Bridgestone is given the green light, Pirelli's undisclosed program will immediately become obsolete as the company will not enter F1 in 2025. The Spa test will really be worthless, at least in terms of a smooth ride. After that, Pirelli can focus his efforts on all the remaining tests this season - including one at Monza after the Italian GP - to prepare the best possible standard tire for the year 2024.
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Given that the focus of this year's testing is on running without a cover, Pirelli has spent less resources than usual developing a cover tire for 2024 and to cope with the tire's year-on-year increase. It still has to produce a tire capable of meeting the expected load for the final race of the 2024 season. "Because we know that the capless tire has been carried over to 2025, we also need to understand if we need to make any changes to the current product for next year," said Mario Isola. , the Pirelli F1 boss said when asked by Autosport on the Test. programme.
"So we have to look at the whole plan and obviously we have to look at the tires for 2024, because here we are anyway, so if we have to change the current product for next year, to improve the compound or tweak set delta or other lap times. “If we are confirmed in 2025, we also have to develop the one without the visor and we have to understand what to do with the rain tires.
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When asked if Pirelli still has time to make next month's Monza session the standard tire test for 2024, he replied: "That's a good question. I have to check. I don't know yet! But we don't shut down over the summer, so we can prototype.
If it rains frequently during the two days of testing at Spa this week, Pirelli will at least get a chance to test out its latest wet and medium tire developments. “We expect rain on Tuesday and Wednesday,” Isola said. “So we also have the ability to compare the current intermediate with the product we want to be similar for next year. It's a good opportunity."
The downside of just two cars running is that they won't clean the water, but on the other hand, spraying water is less of a problem, especially if the cars are purposely separated on the track. In theory, this means riders can do more races on the track than they did last weekend, when panoramic visibility on the track was key.
“We also look at for example Tuesday and Wednesday, we have two cars.
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Pirelli has new option of designing new tyres that will run directly with no test drive and also they are coming up with that concept by 2025 but till then next year they will launch the prototype of the tyres and also will test accordingly.