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F1 2024 velocity good points now “past expectation”, says Pirelli
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F1 2024 velocity good points now “past expectation”, says Pirelli

By Miles Cooper December 7, 2024
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Pirelli says velocity good points being made by Formulation 1 groups at the moment are “past expectation,” because it turns into conscious in regards to the influence on tyre hundreds.

Throughout a season when the grid has began to make some stable good points with their 2024 vehicles, latest grands prix have highlighted that the progress being made by squads is way better than anticipated.

This has been highlighted once more in Abu Dhabi with Lando Norris’s quickest time from observe of 1m23.517s already simply shy of Max Verstappen’s pole place effort from final yr of 1m23.455s.

However the step up from 12 months is obvious, with Charles Leclerc’s quickest FP2 time from 2023 being 1m24.809s. The velocity improve in FP1 year-to-year was 1.7 seconds

Pirelli’s F1 chief engineer Simone Berra admitted that the present vehicles had been now “very quick” – which meant hundreds had been better on tyres than predicted.

“The final races, we’ve seen even a good increased improve than anticipated, and we’ve seen very excessive hundreds, particularly from two or three groups,” he defined.

“From the simulations, we usually have one for the top of the season and one for the center of the season for the yr, and no one thought to have these sort of hundreds. [They are] principally past expectation, I might say.

“So it is fascinating how a lot they’re evolving with the vehicles, truthfully, as a result of we thought that in some unspecified time in the future, they [the teams] would attain kind of most degree of efficiency.

“However there are nonetheless some increased hundreds to realize and a few efficiency to realize. And we’re seeing within the final races, for instance, that Mercedes has improved quite a bit. It’s extremely fascinating.”

The beneath desk reveals how the pole place occasions from final yr evaluate to this yr which reveals how a lot the lap occasions have advanced.

Race
2023 Pole Time
2024 Pole Time

Bahrain
1m29.708
1m29.179

Saudi Arabia
1m28.265
1m27.472

Australia
1m16.732
1m15.915

Azerbaijan
1m40.203
1m41.365

Miami
1m26.841
1m27.241

Monaco
1m11.365
1m10.270

Spain
1m12.272
1m11.383

Canada
1m25.858*
1m12.000

Austria
1m04.391
1m04.314

Nice Britain
1m26.720
1m25.819

Hungary
1m16.609
1m15.227

Belgium
1m46.988
1m53.574*

Netherlands
1m10.567
1m09.673

Italy
1m20.294
1m19.327

Singapore
1m30.984
1m29.525

Japan
1m28.877
1m28.197

USA
1m34.723
1m32.330

Mexico
1m17.166
1m15.946

Brazil
1m10.727
1m23.405*

Las Vegas
1m32.726
1m32.312

Qatar
1m23.778
1m20.575

* moist qualifying Whereas the good points have ramped up this yr, Berra is not sure about how a lot that can stream into subsequent season.

“We acquired the workforce simulations on the finish of November, so we at the moment are these intimately,” he stated.

“For the second, we nonetheless haven’t got a transparent image. Clearly, we count on some enchancment, however we have to perceive from the info if the rise in efficiency can be, as an instance, a lot decrease and if we can be in a extra steady scenario.”

F1 2024 velocity good points now “past expectation”, says Pirelli

Sparks fly from Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23

Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Photographs

Excessive strain response

Pirelli has at all times been conscious about a rise in hundreds opening up the danger of tyres being pushed past the bounds and hitting issues.

Up to now it has typically responded with making structural modifications to the development to assist enhance sturdiness – as occurred on the 2023 British Grand Prix – however that is one thing that may be unlikely for subsequent yr as a result of there’s a concentrate on sorting the 2026 rubber.

Berra stated that Pirelli doesn’t need to do this once more subsequent yr

“Principally, we do not need to change development all through the season as a result of we predict it is not likely honest,” he stated. “We offer one specification and that ought to be the identical for the remainder of the season.

“For Silverstone final yr, the rationale was that the development by way of fatigue was fairly important, and we proposed this to have a greater integrity for the tyres.

“However we do not count on to have one thing comparable subsequent yr as a result of the brand new construction has improved each fatigue and standing wave resistance.”

A method that Pirelli may reply to any issues attributable to elevated hundreds may very well be to extend tyre pressures on the season goes on – one thing which it may do on a case-by-case foundation.

“We might react with the strain, however I might somewhat choose to not improve an excessive amount of the strain – and I feel the groups assume like that too,” added Berra.

“It’s as a result of then you definitely begin producing overeating, and begin generate graining. So we wish to preserve the strain as, as an instance, low as potential.”

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