Pirelli tires are even softer this weekend in Silverston

Pirelli have confirmed that this weekend, in the second race at Silverstone, they will offer riders softer tire mixes than were available to them at Sunday’s UK Grand Prix, where some racers, including winner Lewis Hamilton, had their front left tires burst. .

In the last laps, both Mercedes racers and Carlos Sainz, as well as Kimi Raikkonen, were left without a single tire, while Daniil Kvyat had an accident at high speed when his rear right tire burst in a Maggotts corner.

Pirelli offered the riders a mixture of C1, C2 and C3, but due to problems with them, many doubted the feasibility of plans to offer a mixture of C70, C1 and C2, ie one level softer, for the F3 4th anniversary FXNUMX.

The weather forecast suggests that temperatures in Silverstone will be even higher this coming weekend, which may predict an even more tumultuous race than we saw on Sunday.

An Italian tire manufacturer has carried out an investigation into the cause of the flat tires. Unofficially, there was speculation at first about the remnants of the track, as Raikkonen remained on the ideal line before three flat tires without a wing, but the investigation showed that it was a combination of factors, including the fact that this year's cars are even faster than last year ( the best time in qualifying was as much as 1.2 seconds faster than last year), and the racers drove longer sets of laps than expected after the Kvyata accident.

However, Pirelli will require a slightly higher minimum tire pressure from the teams, which will relieve the construction of the tires a bit.