Pirelli boss says teams behind tyre tests
Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said Formula One teams supported the tyre supplier`s push for extra testing despite difficulties with timing and remodelling their cars.
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Singapore: Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said Formula One teams supported the tyre supplier`s push for extra testing despite difficulties with timing and remodelling their cars.
He said Pirelli would make good on its threat to walk away from F1 if no tyre-testing sessions are agreed. Pirelli has made testing a condition of renewing its contract from 2017.
"If we don`t have testing we can`t do the job, it`s impossible for us to do such a big change," Hembery said at this week`s Sports Matters conference in Singapore.
"One from the safety point of view, from a performance and reliability point of view we need to get out on track.
"That opens up difficulties for the teams because they need to create a car that takes a wider tyre, so probably suspension changes and the aero(dynamics)... to replicate the (2017) car.
"But we do need to perform some adequate testing otherwise we won`t be able to continue."
Pirelli has been caught between the needs of promoter Bernie Ecclestone, who wants disintegrating tyres to increase the action, and drivers who complain they cannot go flat-out.
Tyre blow-outs at the Belgian Grand Prix brought matters to a head but Hembery said the opening of regular talks with drivers, starting this month in Monza, had helped ease tensions.
"They`ve (drivers) been very positive. It`s like everything in life... open dialogue`s always good," Hembery said.
"I`m hopeful that going forward this will improve from everybody`s perspective and point of view how we work together."
He added that Pirelli, F1`s sole tyre supplier, was pushing for a standard cleaning process at tracks, which can become littered with sharp debris especially after accidents.
Clean-up methods currently vary wildly from circuit to circuit around the world, from workers wielding brooms to sophisticated blowing machines.
"I would think that a standardised cleaning process is vital," Hembery said. "It`s something we`ve been pushing for and I think now we will find going forward there will be more attention to that area."
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