After the victory of Perez in Singapore, having a Federation that still causes discussion, la Formula One back on track again and getting ready for the back to back. It flies in Japan, in Suzuka, for the fifth last round of the season. As always, in view of a new GP, can not miss the presentation of the weekend by Pirelli and Mario Isola to reveal the selected compounds.
| Pirelli, THE TIRES ON THE TRACK In Japan, Pirelli comes with the trio of harder compounds. C1 as P Zero White hard, C2 as P Zero Yellow medium and C3 as P Zero Red soft. Suzuka will be the last race this year to use the harder C1 compound. The second free practice session in Japan has been extended to 90 minutes to allow testing of some prototype dry-weather tires for 2023 (the same will happen at the United States Grand Prix). The Suzuka and Austin tests will serve to fine-tune the compounds for 2023. The session will be entirely dedicated to this activity. The teams that will employ a young driver in FP1 will be able to continue their program in the first 30 minutes of the second session, before concentrating on the Pirelli tests for the remaining time. Prototype tires will be easily recognized because they will not have colored bands on the sidewall. The Japanese Grand Prix, just like Singapore last week, was held for the last time in 2019. The challenge becomes more exciting with the need to face the 2022 track, weather and car set-up in an absolutely new regime. Suzuka is a circuit where lateral forces are much more significant than traction and braking. The stresses are however equally balanced between the right and left sides of the car. Cars and tires are subjected to the longest and most severe g-force loads of any year. The 130R curve, for example, has a long radius of 130 degrees but is in fact traveled at full speed, almost as if it were a straight line and with full throttle. |
Mario Isola: "Suzuka is the only circuit with a figure 8 layout that balances the loads on the tyres"
The presentation of the weekend could not be missing by Mario Isola who declared.
“If you ask the riders what their favorite circuits are, Suzuka will always be high on the list: nowhere else can you find such challenging corners, think of the 130R or the Spoon, a truly special atmosphere and history and fantastic fans. Due to its distinctive 8-shaped layout, the number of left and right turns on the circuit is essentially equal. Therefore the stresses are equally distributed over the entire single-seater.
The loads sustained by the tires are among the highest measured during the year. Due to the layout of the track and the characteristics of the asphalt, we carry the three hardest compounds in our range. The challenge is increasingly demanding today because the latest generation cars are heavier than before and performance is constantly being improved. New this year is testing some prototype tires for 2023 in an extended free practice session on Friday afternoon.”
SOURCE: Pirelli F1 Media
