The Formula One teams will get the chance to sample the definitive specification of Pirelli’s new tyres for the first time this year, as the 2012 Formula One season gets underway at Jerez in Spain this week. During a four-day test at the Andalusian circuit, from Tuesday to Friday (7-10 February) ...>

The range of tyres has been entirely renewed for the latest generation of cars, with the aim of encouraging a wider range of new strategies from the teams and maintaining at least two pit stops More angular profiles and softer compounds to compensate for the new aerodynamic set-ups of the ...>

Tyres • Total number of tyres provided for the season (dry and wets): Race tyres: 24,000 dry tyres; 4,600 wet tyres plus an additional 6,000 for the tests • Total numbers of tyres used: Dry tyres: 21,100; wet tyres: 2,900 • Total kilogrammes of rubber deposited on track in 2011: 10,200 • Number of ...>