Formula 1 is in full back-to-back, so after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix it is preparing to take part in the Canadian Grand Prix to be held this weekend on the Montreal city track.
Pirelli will bring the following compounds to Gilles Villeneuve:
- Pirelli PZero White Hard C3
- Pirelli PZero Yellow Medium C4
- Pirelli PZero Red Soft C5
These are the three softest compounds in the 2022 tire range made by Pirelli. Remember that this goes from C1, the hardest, to C5, the softest.
The tires on the track
- After two years of absence, the Canadian Grand Prix is back on the calendar with the softer compounds in the range, which had been chosen for Montreal 2019 and which were used in the last two races on the calendar (Monaco and Azerbaijan). In other words, on the track we will have C3 as P Zero White hard, C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as P Zero Red soft. In 2019, the winning strategy was a stop, starting on medium and finishing on hard.
- Montreal has some elements in common with Baku, such as a focus on traction and braking and a road surface that evolves rapidly but features lower speeds and cooler temperatures.
- The weather was often the protagonist in the Canadian Grand Prix: the 2011 race holds the record for the longest in the history of Formula 1, due to six safety car periods and a long interruption that blocked the event for several hours. . It is never easy to predict conditions and there is also a reasonable chance of rain.
Mario Isolahead of car racing at Pirelli: “The Canadian Grand Prix has a series of unknowns that the teams will have to deal with: the weather is often variable, all available data are three years old, the range of tires is completely different compared to the last time, with renewed compounds and structures. All on a track that is rarely used, which will determine a very high level of evolution “.
“Compared to the last time in Montréal, the compounds should be more stable and with wider windows of use, allowing the riders to push harder in each stint, with a much lower risk of overheating. An interesting aspect of this circuit that it could influence strategies and the time required to go to the pits: a driver can enter and exit the pit lane in less than 20 seconds, one of the lowest times on the calendar “.
Minimum pressures at the start
Front: 23.0 psi
Rear: 20.5 psi
Maximum camber
Front: -3.25 °
Rear: -2.00 °
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