
Alonso: New tires slow down Red Bull and Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso believes the new tires introduced by Pirelli for the British Grand Prix have slowed down Aston Martin and Red Bull. Pirelli introduced more robust tires at Silverstone, which were initially intended for the 2024 season. But since the teams are rapidly improving their racing cars and increasing the vacuum and thus the tire loads, they decided to use some innovations already this year, so that it would not be necessary to increase the lower limit of the permissible tire pressure. "We're a tenth of a second behind McLaren, so maybe it's not as bad as it looks, but in the last few races we've fallen back and the others have progressed," Alonso said. "The question also arises whether it is a coincidence that some teams have more problems just after the introduction of the new Pirelli tires, while some have had problems with their racing cars