With the cancellation of Imola, the next stage of Formula 1 is Montecarlo. We fly on the Principality track for the sixth round of the season. Unique track of its kind, with such unpredictability. However, they are not surprising the compounds chosen by Pirelli for this weekend. Let's find out together.
Pirelli, in Monaco with C3, C4 and C5
The softest trio of compounds in the range Pirelli will be the protagonist on the Montecarlo track. In fact, they will be brought C3 as P Zero White hard, C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as P Zero Red soft. The street circuit measures only 3.337 km and is one of the historic stages of the Formula 1 championship. 68 races were held in the Principality and the most successful driver was Ayrton Senna, who finished first under the checkered flag from 1987 to 1993, with the the only exception of 1988 when he retired on lap 66 while leading the race.
The Monte Carlo race has the lowest average speed in the entire championship (about 150km/h). The level of grip of the tires is very low and wear is limited. The softer compounds allow good adhesive grip in traction – limited, however, the mechanical one – which however does not prevent slipping, which is decisive in the formation of graining on the tire surface.
Possible debut of wet tyres
The 2022 edition, characterized by variable weather conditions, saw the teams use all three types of tires during the race: the Cinturato Blue Full Wet, Cinturato Green Intermediate and the dry tyres. On a dry track, a one-stop strategy is practically mandatory. In 2022, most drivers made three pitstops. At Imola the new extreme wet tires should have made their début, which no longer need to be heated with tyrewarmers. The new Cinturato Blue Full Wet tires can therefore be used from the Monaco GP and for all subsequent races of the season.
The presentation of Mario Isola
They could not miss the words of the head of the Pirelli Motorsport technical area Mario Isola: “It's a different eve of the Monaco Grand Prix than we expected. It was supposed to be the second of three consecutive rounds in Europe but it will instead be the first due to the cancellation of the Imola race: we still have images of the areas devastated by bad weather in our eyes and we want to once again express our solidarity with the families of the victims and those in this tragedy he suffered enormous losses”.
Isola: “Monaco is a track in itself”
Coming instead to the Monaco Grand Prix, the indications of Isola are very clear: “Monaco is a separate chapter in the novel of the Formula 1 championship. The characteristics of the track, which has remained substantially unchanged for more than seventy years, make it unique which has often offered surprises both because never before on this track the driver's talent can compensate for the technical deficiencies of a car, both because one episode is enough to turn the tables around and subvert the prediction. If it is true that the race can be unspectacular due to the extreme difficulty of overtaking, in the balance of emotions of the weekend Saturday takes on an ever more relevant weight: the position on the grid is almost always decisive for the final standings”.
"As is often the case with street circuits, Pirelli provides the teams with the softest range of compounds in the range. One of the peculiarities of Monaco is that the track is opened to private traffic every night at the end of the racing sessions, which substantially prevents the formation of a more rubberized trajectory, making it even more slippery. With the Imola race skipped, Monaco will see the potential debut – depending on the weather conditions, another factor of unpredictability this weekend – of the Cinturato Blue Full Wet without tyrewarmers ".
SOURCE: Pirelli F1 Media
