News Details

Hembery admits tyre concern in Baku

Pirelli Motorsport boss Paul Hembery has admitted concerns over the Baku City circuit which this weekend hosts the Grand Prix of Europe. The Briton is concerned that the nature of the track, which features a number of long straights and is certain to become the sport’s fastest street circuit, could lead to a phenomenon called 'standing wave', similar to that encountered by Michelin over the weekend of the infamous 2005 Grand Prix at Indianapolis and again at Spa last year when Sebastian Vettel suffered a tyre failure. Indeed the run from T16 to T1 will see the cars at full throttle for around 20s if turns 18 and 19 are taken flat-out as expected, somewhat similar to the run between...
Full Story »
9y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

European Grand Prix (Baku) preview statistics

Reuters compiled statistics for the European Grand Prix, Round 8 of the...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pirelli fears standing wave issues on Baku's straights

Pirelli boss Paul Hembery admits that the tyre company is concerned about...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Drivers uncertain over new Baku F1 circuit layout

Drivers uncertain over new Baku F1 circuit layout Formula 1 drivers have...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Symonds expects surprises from new Baku circuit

 XPB Images Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds...
9y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'It was an unbelievable performance' - Martin Odegaard...

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard heaped praise on teammate Declan Rice...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shares cheeky 'Owen goal'...

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shared a social media message referencing...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'He's maybe one we should have tried to grab' - Steven...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard believs the club made a mistake by not...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: Gunners go back on top after...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
11h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.