After the week off, Formula One returns to the track with the Grand Prix of the USA. So tonight we start with the FP1 scheduled at 21.00 e FP2 at 00.00. Fourth to last round of a season that is already over. TO Suzuka in fact it's official: Max Verstappen is world champion for the second consecutive year.
Head to 2023
So now you can start thinking about next season. A task not only of the teams, which already this weekend will bring updates towards next year (such as Ferrari), but also of the Pirelli. In fact, the company with the long P is working on tires for 2023. For this reason, tonight during FP2 there will be thirty minutes of testing the compounds for 2023.
2 minute FP90
The second session, better known as FP2, scheduled at 00.00, it won't last an hour but an hour and a half. In that added half hour, Pirelli will test different tyres. To prevent these tests from leaving an indication to the teams for next season, the compounds will not take on the colored identification band. Only the manufacturer with the long P will obtain the necessary information from carrying out these tests.
All postponed to the USA
This test was to take place in FP2 of the Japan, but the rain that characterized the weekend in Suzuka he postponed everything at this week's Grand Prix in Texas.