From GMM
Pirelli has acknowledged it has a role to play in boosting formula one's "show".
The Italian brand is F1's new exclusive supplier beginning next year, and some figures see it as an opportunity to create tyres that lead to entertaining races.
In Canada two weeks ago, Bridgestone's crumbling tyres were credited for producing a spectacular race, and The Observer writer Oliver Owen said on Sunday he hoped "Pirelli were paying attention".
"We want to create a show -- as a fan I'd say it (Canada) was great fun, watching the strategy," Paul Hembery, Pirelli's competition director, told Reuters in the Valencia paddock on Sunday.
"Others would say that wasn't very good for the tyre company. We can happily make a tyre that would last a whole race and not degrade, but we need to try and balance that with a good show. I think we want to do the show route," said Paul Hembery.
According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, F1 teams will stay in Abu Dhabi after November's season finale for a four-day test.
The session has been organised not only for the young drivers to test, but also so that teams can begin to understand the different variables for the 2011 season. The biggest difference next year will be the new tyre supplier Pirelli, but the test will also be about collecting data for the proximity rear wings and the return of KERS.
It is reported that the teams have agreed with Pirelli that two sets of development tyres per team will be tested in Abu Dhabi on days three and four. For the first two days, young drivers will be in action in what will be a last outing for the departing Bridgestone.
"We would have liked to have the young drivers on the new tyres as well, but Pirelli is not able to deliver that many tyres at that time," a team member is quoted as saying.
But given the gruelling schedule of 19 races this year, not every member of the F1 world is happy to hear the news about four extra days of work. "Why not just kick us in the balls and steal our lunch money?" a Red Bull insider said on Twitter.
Pirelli has acknowledged it has a role to play in boosting formula one's "show".
The Italian brand is F1's new exclusive supplier beginning next year, and some figures see it as an opportunity to create tyres that lead to entertaining races.
In Canada two weeks ago, Bridgestone's crumbling tyres were credited for producing a spectacular race, and The Observer writer Oliver Owen said on Sunday he hoped "Pirelli were paying attention".
"We want to create a show -- as a fan I'd say it (Canada) was great fun, watching the strategy," Paul Hembery, Pirelli's competition director, told Reuters in the Valencia paddock on Sunday.
"Others would say that wasn't very good for the tyre company. We can happily make a tyre that would last a whole race and not degrade, but we need to try and balance that with a good show. I think we want to do the show route," said Paul Hembery.
According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, F1 teams will stay in Abu Dhabi after November's season finale for a four-day test.
The session has been organised not only for the young drivers to test, but also so that teams can begin to understand the different variables for the 2011 season. The biggest difference next year will be the new tyre supplier Pirelli, but the test will also be about collecting data for the proximity rear wings and the return of KERS.
It is reported that the teams have agreed with Pirelli that two sets of development tyres per team will be tested in Abu Dhabi on days three and four. For the first two days, young drivers will be in action in what will be a last outing for the departing Bridgestone.
"We would have liked to have the young drivers on the new tyres as well, but Pirelli is not able to deliver that many tyres at that time," a team member is quoted as saying.
But given the gruelling schedule of 19 races this year, not every member of the F1 world is happy to hear the news about four extra days of work. "Why not just kick us in the balls and steal our lunch money?" a Red Bull insider said on Twitter.