Right this moment was the second and remaining 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 improvement 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 vehicles had been tailored to go well with the prototype tyres designed across the new technical rules that may come into pressure 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 haven’t 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 when it comes to the vitality exerted and degradation, subsequently the knowledge we have now gathered over these two busy days might be essential for the longer term improvement of this era of tyres.
“It is a actually demanding begin to the 12 months with 4 take a look at classes even earlier than the season begins and I wish to thank all of the groups which are working with us, as a result of we all know how busy they’re in the meanwhile.”
Following on from final week’s take a look at 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 might be collaborating on each days, whereas McLaren and Mercedes will do at some point every.
The ultimate pre-season take a look at will happen at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on 2 and three March with Alpine and Williams working each days. This similar venue will then host the one three day take a look at when all groups will run their 2025 vehicles previous to the opening spherical, the Australian Grand Prix.
