Pirelli has announced the choice of compounds for the Hungarian (21-23 July) and Belgian (28-30) Grand Prix. At the Hungaroring Softer compounds will be used compared to last year. In fact, there will be the C3 as P Zero White hard, the C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and the C5 as P Zero Red soft. At Spa-Francorchamps, however, the same trio as in 2022 will be maintained. In fact, we will have the C2 as P Zero White hard, C3 as P Zero Yellow medium and C4 as P Zero Red soft. The Belgian race will take place from 28 to 30 July.
Pirelli, the debut of the ATA has been decided: it will be in Budapest
The Budapest event will see the debut of Alternative Tire Allocation (ATA). Let's talk about the tire management format in dry conditions during qualifying which should then have been used for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix canceled due to bad weather, and which will also be tested in the Italian Grand Prix next September.
Here's what it consists of
The ATA provides that in each of the three qualifying sessions it is mandatory to use only one type of compound: in Q1 the Hard, in Q2 the Medium and in Q3 the Soft. In this way, it will be possible to reduce to 11 (three Hard, four Medium and as many Soft) the number of sets of dry tires supplied by Pirelli to each single-seater, compared to 13 on traditional race weekends. The number of sets of wet tires remains unchanged: four sets of Cinturato Green Intermediate and three of Cinturato Blue Full Wet. Each driver will have a total of seven sets of tires available for qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday, of which at least one for each of the compulsory compounds for the race, as usual Hard and Medium. Of the remaining four sets available, one will be returned after FP1, one after FP2 and two after FP3.
SOURCE: Pirelli F1 Medium
