At Monza, Pirelli tested an “alternative choice of lineups” for the second time this season. In this format, riders will receive 11 sets of tires for the weekend instead of the traditional 13, while only using Hard in the first part of qualifying, only Medium in the second and only Soft in the final.
These measures will enable Pirelli to save more than 3,500 tires per season to be produced and transported around the world, which will have a positive impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Not all drivers were happy with the change, with many complaining that they didn’t have enough tires on Friday to do their job fully, but Williams chief race engineer Dave Robson believes that if such a rule is passed, teams will quickly adapt.
Dave Robson: “So far this has been an unusual format for engineers and drivers. On Friday we had fewer kits, which never helps. On Saturday you have to set up tighter compositions, so you can’t quickly find the right rhythm. But at Monza, Alex Albon did well with the lineup change.
The team has not yet decided how this choice of composition makes it more efficient to provide training. But if we train according to this arrangement several times, everyone will adapt and act in much the same way.
It is still difficult to understand in what order to use the compositions during training in order to best prepare for qualifying. But teams with really fast cars aren’t really worried about that; one set Hard was enough for Max in the first part of qualifying.
Source: F1 News
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