News Details

F1 invites bids to become sole tyre supplier

Formula One's governing body has invited companies to bid to become the sole supplier of F1 tyres for a three-year period starting in 2017. Pirelli has been the sole supplier since 2011 and has a deal running until the end of next year. Governing body FIA wants applications by June 17, and candidates must meet technical and safety requirements to be considered. As part of its bid to make cars faster, FIA is considering introducing wider tyres as from 2017 to speed up lap times by up to six seconds. Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says his company is 'happy with our involvement' in F1 but has yet to commit on whether it will bid again.
Full Story »
10y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Race to be F1 tyre supplier in 2017 begins

Formula 1's governing body has launched the official tender process for...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Race to be tyre supplier in 2017 begins

F1's governing body has launched the official tender process for the...
10y ago from GrandPrix.com

Refuelling to be reintroduced in 2017

Formula One's governing world body the FIA has voted to reintroduce...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

Refuelling to return from 2017

Formula 1 bosses have agreed to bring back refuelling in 2017 as part of...
10y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brad Binder reveals why he is optimistic he can bounce...

Factory KTM rider Brad Binder has admitted that his 2025 MotoGP season...

Enea Bastianini ‘can’t explain’ KTM tyre...

Enea Bastianini admitted he “can’t explain why” he struggled to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Edu leading charge for midfield sensation as Arsenal...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Brazilian midfielder Breno Bidon...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta has a secret weapon in Premier League...

As Arsenal enter the grueling second half of the 2025-26 campaign, they...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘Dreams are free’ for Aston Villa as Unai Emery...

t;li>Manager reflects on lessons learnt from past seasonsThird-placed...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Aston Villa the thorn in Arsenal’s side that Arteta...

la have sunk the Gunners’ title hopes in recent seasons but Gabriel’s...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.