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Pirelli concludes 18-inch tyre testing

Pirelli's test campaign for the new 18-inch F1 tyres concluded yesterday at Paul Ricard, with Daniil Kvyat at the wheel of the Alpine. The switch to new low-profile tyres represents a technical revolution for the pinnacle of world motorsport, requiring an intense research and development programme that featured both indoor and outdoor testing. Compared to the previous-generation 13-inch covers, the move to 18 inches marks a clean-sheet design, with Pirelli's engineers re-thinking every element of the tyre: from the profile to the structure to the compounds. There were 28 days of track testing for the new 18-inch tyres throughout 2021, making a grand total of 36 including the test days...
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