PIRELLI versa exclusive back to F1

Pirelli wishes all motor sport fans a spectacular and exciting Formula 1 season! - © Pirelli

After the convincing victory of Sebastian Vettel in his return to Melbourne PIRELLI has over 19 years in Formula 1 as the exclusive F1- Tire supplier impressively with the new P Zero racing tires to the test.

Melbourne was Pirelli's first race as the exclusive F1- Tire supplier in the three-year contract with the FIA ​​World Motor Sport Association. Even before the start of the Formula 1 - Season found the reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel: "It is the beginning of something new. I think the only thing we can say with certainty is that there will be quite different. And this generated much interest. The course in Australia demands a lot from the tires. This must be taken into account during the race. We must also note in Melbourne the following things: The track demands high braking stability, and some corners are a bit bumpy. Here it is typically difficult to get good traction. "

Pirelli it has surpassed the development itself: So, the new P Zero Pirelli racing tires designed to encourage overtaking.

Pirelli but has an equally long and successful history in motor sports:

The industrial and technological history of Pirelli is closely linked to the success of the group in motor sport, which officially began 1907th Since then the company is headquartered in Milan won hundreds of victories on the racetrack and on the street, and on two and four wheels. Always gained experience on the track resulted in innovations for commercial products of the tire manufacturer.

The historical line of Cinturato PirelliWhose tires were reintroduced in 2008 and 2009 the European markets, dominated in the 1950's Formula 1

With the Alfa Romeo 158 and 159 and their pilots Nino Farina in Turin and Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina won two F1 titles Pirelli. And 1952 Pirelli won by Alberto Ascari in a 4 - Cylinder Ferrari 500 to win the F1 world championship. In six races, he scored six victories.

From Formula 2 return to Formula 1

After the success in Formula 2 Pirelli came back in the 1980s to Formula 1. In those years, the Group wrote to the Pirelli P7 radial tires history. It was the most developed racing tires, Pirelli's engineers have created so far.

The Pirelli P7 tires were on Osella BMW mounted the Eddie Cheever in the first race of the European F2 Championship at Silverstone in 1980 ran successfully. The following year, Pirelli won with Toleman the European Championship. The return to F1 was carried out with the cars of the British team. Later also went Osella, Arrows, Fittipaldi Minardi and the Pirelli tires, and Prestige Teams such as Lotus and Brabham. With Piquet at the wheel of a Brabham Pirelli 1985 race cars won the first success in France, 28 years after Moss. Benetton won with Pirelli tires triumphed in Mexico (1986, Gerhard Berger) Piquet and again in 1991 in Canada. This was the first final victory for Pirelli in F1 championship - until 2011.

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