Pirelli preview the German GP

Tuesday 19th July 2011

Pirelli preview the German GP

Pirelli preview the German GP

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery looks ahead to the German GP and expects teams to adopt a two-stop strategy.

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Paul Hembery: "The Nurburgring is one of the most technical circuits we face all year, with a lot of lateral energy going through the tyres, and this makes strategy very important. Although they sit next to each other in our range, there is still a significant difference between the P Zero Yellow soft and the P Zero White medium tyre, as we saw on the last occasion that this combination was used at the Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia.

"The biggest difference will be the weather, which could be a lot cooler than the conditions we saw in Spain. This means that we expect most of the teams to adopt a two-stop strategy, unless of course it rains, in which case anything is possible. On Friday, the teams will be evaluating a new version of the P Zero Yellow soft tyre.

"It's not a big change from the current specification, but it is designed to fit in line with our latest versions of the P Zero Silver hard tyre and P Zero White medium, both of which are a little harder than their original specification in order to reduce degradation. There's no decision yet on when we might use the new tyre yet, but it will be very interesting to hear all the feedback from the teams."

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