3
Teams have voted to keep the current spec of Pirelli tyres for the remainder of the 2019 season after a meeting was called on Friday morning.
Many teams have been struggling with the 2019 compounds, which feature a thinner tread compared to their 2018 predecessors.
Getting the tyre to operate within its ideal working window has been the issue for some, which has been a problem from the start of the year.
On Friday morning, a meeting was held between the teams, F1 and Pirelli as the teams voted on returning to the old concepts - however just five voted in favour of the change, falling short of the seven votes needed for the switch.
It is believed that Ferrari, Haas, Alfa Romeo, Red Bull and Torro Rosso voted in favour of the change, while Mercedes, Racing Point, Williams, McLaren and Renault were against it.
Even if the change was approved, the 2018 tyres wouldn't return until the last handful of races of the 2019 season.
The FIA can intervene and force teams to return to the 2018 compounds, however such a scenario is unlikely as any decision would usually be made on the grounds of safety.
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing
M. Verstappen
C. Sainz jr
C. Leclerc
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street Circuit
Australia
Albert Park
Japan
Circuit Suzuka
United States of America
Miami International Autodrome
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya
Austria
Red Bull Ring
United Kingdom
Silverstone
Hungary
Hungaroring
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
Italy
Monza
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
United States of America
Circuit of the Americas
Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Brazil
Interlagos
United States of America
Las Vegas Street Circuit
United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
37,281 comments on Pirelli
2 members have this team as their favourite
Tweets about Pirelli
Replies (3)
Login to replyf1fan0101
Posts: 1,804
What a shame
xoya
Posts: 583
So, all Merc teams voted (plus Renault) for no change... That's "unexpected".
f1fan0101
Posts: 1,804
sot of seems like big teams have power over the small teams