Barcelona will be the first race this year with a double gap
in Pirelli’s tyre compounds, with the hard and soft tyres allocated. The first four
races of 2012 have all been run on adjoining compounds, contrasted against last
year’s championship where we had the double gap in
the first five races, but then only twice more throughout the season (British and
Indian Grands Prix) as Pirelli adapted to their first year in the sport.
Despite the
well reported recent criticism
of the 2012 tyres by Michael Schumacher, Pirelli are confident their
decision will result in another thrilling race, “There
is a whole step in between our two nominations for the first time this year and
this should allow the teams to come up with a number of different tyre
strategies that could make a big difference to the final outcome.” Explained
Pirelli’s motorsport director, Paul Hembery, “With many teams having expanded
their knowledge of our tyre range and tested new components at Mugello, we’re
expecting a closely-fought Spanish Grand Prix – and maybe even the fifth
different winner in five races.”
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