From Pirelli press release
Tire manufacturer commemorated Italy's history at Imola last weekend.
The sprint race of the final round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series took place on Sunday at the Autodromo Dino e Enzo Ferrari, with Pirelli's medium slicks enjoying a special weekend as Italy celebrated the 150th anniversary of its unification on Thursday.
To commemorate the occasion, Pirelli's Pzero tires took to the track with a different look, featuring the Italian flag on the sidewalls.
Pirelli's Racing Manager Mario Isola commented: "As an Italian company racing on home ground at Imola we wanted to make a symbolic but significant contribution to the celebration of our country's unification. For this reason we decided to attach a label with the Italian flag and the number 150 onto the sidewalls of the tires, to commemorate this moment in our own way."
Mario Isola added: "Our Pzero rubber rose to the occasion once more this weekend, performing very well on a dry and cool track. Because of the weather conditions, we experienced a relatively low degree of tire wear and degradation over the race weekend. With track temperatures at around 25 degrees centigrade, our rubber lasted longer than expected, especially on Saturday. And this despite the increased degree of artificial degradation we were asked to build into this year's new GP2 tires."
The 2011 GP2 Asia Series now draws to an end, crowning Romain Grosjean as champion with a final total of 24 points after a perfect race weekend. The Frenchman secured his second GP2 Asia title, also putting Dams on top of the teams' standings.
Tire manufacturer commemorated Italy's history at Imola last weekend.
The sprint race of the final round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series took place on Sunday at the Autodromo Dino e Enzo Ferrari, with Pirelli's medium slicks enjoying a special weekend as Italy celebrated the 150th anniversary of its unification on Thursday.
To commemorate the occasion, Pirelli's Pzero tires took to the track with a different look, featuring the Italian flag on the sidewalls.
Pirelli's Racing Manager Mario Isola commented: "As an Italian company racing on home ground at Imola we wanted to make a symbolic but significant contribution to the celebration of our country's unification. For this reason we decided to attach a label with the Italian flag and the number 150 onto the sidewalls of the tires, to commemorate this moment in our own way."
Mario Isola added: "Our Pzero rubber rose to the occasion once more this weekend, performing very well on a dry and cool track. Because of the weather conditions, we experienced a relatively low degree of tire wear and degradation over the race weekend. With track temperatures at around 25 degrees centigrade, our rubber lasted longer than expected, especially on Saturday. And this despite the increased degree of artificial degradation we were asked to build into this year's new GP2 tires."
The 2011 GP2 Asia Series now draws to an end, crowning Romain Grosjean as champion with a final total of 24 points after a perfect race weekend. The Frenchman secured his second GP2 Asia title, also putting Dams on top of the teams' standings.