On April 23rd, casinoenligne.uk.com announced the possible return of Pirelli to F1. The Italian manufacturer needed to validate its comeback during a board of directors’ meeting. Today, it is official as Pirelli has confirmed its intention to become the official tire supplier for F1 starting next season.<\/p>\n
In a statement published on Thursday, the Milan-based company announced that it would be making an offer to the FIA and all the teams on the grid:<\/p>\n
\u00abPirelli announces its decision to submit a technical and commercial offer for the supply of tires to all teams in the Formula 1 World Championship. The company plans to present the offer to the FIA and FOA on May 9, during the next Grand Prix, which will be held in Spain.\u00bb<\/p>\n
This statement comes after the Technical Director of Williams, Sam Michael, declared upon leaving a FOTA (Formula One Team Association) meeting that the teams were asked to choose between Michelin and Avon-Cooper:<\/p>\n
At this stage, the conversations are oscillating between Michelin and Avon. Avon is much cheaper but it’s a less tested product, even though they have already made many highly competitive tires. They represent a bigger unknown than Michelin, who were still in F1 very recently. However, there is a significant difference in costs, and we can talk about a threefold cost difference for the teams.<\/p>\n
Sam Michael concludes: This is the heart of the debates at the moment.<\/p>\n
For his part, Paul Hembery, the director of Pirelli Motorsport, stated: \u00abI stand by the press release we have just issued. Last week, we said that we wanted to conduct a study of this situation; we conducted that study, and it leads us to submit a formal offer.\u00bb<\/p>\n
However, many questions can be raised:<\/p>\n
– Les vell\u00e9it\u00e9s de retour de Pirelli seraient-elles trop tardives?<\/p>\n
– Michelin et Avon-Cooper ont-elles pris un avantage d\u00e9cisif?<\/p>\n
– Le pneu fran\u00e7ais sera-t-il le pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 du paddock face \u00e0 son concurrent anglo-am\u00e9ricain?<\/p>\n
– Avon-Cooper pourra-t-elle attirer dans ses filets un Top Team?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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