Pirelli show 18-inch Formula 2 tyres and new BRC car at Autosport 2020

摘要

FORMULA 2 is already established as the place to watch the Formula 1 drivers of tomorrow. In 2020, the championship will also be home to a new technological innovation as it adopts 18-inch tyres from Pirelli: the same size that will be raced in Formula 1 from 2021 onwards. Pirelli has been showing its new 18-inch Formula 2 tyres at Autosport International 2020. With Formula 2 is already established as the place to watch the Formula 1 drivers of tomorrow. In 2020, the championship will also previews the same size tyres that will be raced in Formula 1 from 2021 onwards. Although the new tyres have already been seen in private testing, people visiting the show were the very first to see how they look in their final Formula 2 version, complete with Pirelli's famous coloured stripe sidewalls. Mario Isola, Pirelli's head of F1 and car racing, was on hand to unveil the tyres and talk about the significance of the change from the previous 13-inch size. The introduction of 18-inch tyres to F2 a year before F1 is a novel initiative, and a beneficial move on two distinct fronts. On one hand, it will help Pirelli's engineers to learn more about the larger size as the company prepares to supply F1 from 2021. And on the other hand, it will give the F2 drivers experience of the characteristics of tyre that they could be racing on if they make it to F1 in the future.