Pirelli boss Mario Isola has given an perception into the primary check session of F1’s new 2026 tyres that occurred earlier this week, with the Italian assured that the learnings offered a powerful “baseline for future growth”.
Aston Martin have been the primary crew to run with the brand new tyres, which stay 18 inches in wheel dimension however will function a smaller width and exterior diameter, with the entrance axles diminished by 25mm and the rears by 30mm.
READ MORE: F1’s new 2026 tyres make monitor debut throughout first check session in Barcelona
Felipe Drugovich acquired behind the wheel of an tailored 2023 automobile on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday and accomplished 670 kilometres with the prototype tyres on.
Requested forward of the Singapore Grand Prix about how the check went, Isola defined: “Clearly it was the primary check, our important job was to correlate simulations with the brand new automobile. We all know that new automobiles can’t be consultant, contemplating that [the] 2026 automobiles are utterly totally different.
“I imagine we did job, and because of Aston Martin, the primary crew working the check. [We gained] priceless info, and doubtless additionally start line as a baseline for future growth.”
