Right now was the second and ultimate day of testing for Pirelli on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, as soon as once more along with Ferrari and McLaren.
The identical three drivers have been working with the Pirelli engineers on growth of the 2026 tyres, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton sharing a Ferrari SF-24, whereas Oscar Piastri was on the wheel of a McLaren MCL60.
Each automobiles had been tailored to swimsuit the prototype tyres designed across the new technical rules that may come into power subsequent 12 months, being narrower than the present ones by 25 millimetres on the entrance and 30 on the rear.
A complete of 300 laps was accomplished, 74 by the Monegasque driver, 74 for his team-mate and 152 for the Australian.
Although they don’t have any actual significance given the totally different work programmes carried out for Pirelli by the 2 groups, Leclerc posted a finest time of 1:14.971, Hamilton a 1:16.759 and Piastri a 1:15.815.
“It was a really helpful session,,” mentioned Mario Isola, “significantly when it got here to offering a comparability between the varied totally different constructions for subsequent season, in addition to experimenting with some compounds from the more durable finish of the vary.
“The Barcelona circuit is named one of the crucial demanding for the tyres by way of the vitality exerted and degradation, due to this fact the knowledge we have now gathered over these two busy days will probably be essential for the longer term growth of this era of tyres.
“It is a actually demanding begin to the 12 months with 4 check classes even earlier than the season begins and I wish to thank all of the groups which can be working with us, as a result of we all know how busy they’re for the time being.”
Following on from final week’s check in Paul Ricard and this one, the Pirelli engineers are heading additional south subsequent week, for 2 days of testing at Jerez de la Frontera on 13 and 14 February.
Alpine will probably be participating on each days, whereas McLaren and Mercedes will do in the future every.
The ultimate pre-season check will happen at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on 2 and three March with Alpine and Williams operating each days. This similar venue will then host the one three day check when all groups will run their 2025 automobiles previous to the opening spherical, the Australian Grand Prix.
