Pirelli’s New F1 Tyres Make NO SENSE

The new Pirelli F1 tyres are weird this year, really weird.

Often, the hard tyre has been the fastest. Two and three stops have been faster than the 1 stop that Pirelli recommends, and Mercedes and Aston Martin have been using all of their tyres before the race.

But yet all that madness, the racing has been excellent. And that is partly down to the tyres being great for pushing hard.

So what’s going on here? We’re going to go over everything we know about these new F1 tyres for 2022.

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[hallamhal]

Years of being told "less reliable tyres = more interesting strategy = more interesting racing"
Yet now we have better tyres, and the racing has been more interesting

[konnorkinser]

I think with the Q2 tire rule gone now they should go back to having all 5 compounds available every weekend I think that could lead to even better racing than the improvements we’ve seen this year because the different strategies that would be available to the drivers. Could lead to some very interesting strategies that would lead to more entertainment

[thesunnynationg]

you should mention that the Q2 tire rule has been deleted so everyone can choose whatever they like for the race start!

[namenamename]

IMO the tyres this year have been the best Pirelli has supplied so far (ignoring the ones in the 50s lol)

[quintonworden]

It has been interesting to see how the new tires have changed things. It really stood out to me that the hard tires are still good for racing when Leclerc was still able to fight multiple laps with cars on fresh softs at Silverstone after the safety car. Even though he did end up getting passed, previous years I feel like he wouldn't have stood a chance at all and probably fallen even further back than he did.

[Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I love how the better tyres have enabled such radically different approaches to managing those tyres

[bluemx]

I learn much more from this channel than I do from an hour of 'pre-race' commentary on SkySports.

[HanSolo]

"Hard Tyres are best" - and then came Hungary. I love it, makes the pre-race strategy and in race adjustments all the more important. Never being able to settle on a single "best" compound might keep the team up at night but it makes for incredible viewing of race strategy.

[AcD]

I kinda miss the hilarious names tires used to have. Or actually just the creativity they had to have to come up with even softer names for tires. The pink hypersofts will forever be in my heart

[BrunodeSouzaLino]

We're gonna call the strategy: "One medium followed by two hard ons."

[its_only_karma]

Yes because the hard tyres actually have a life unlike the rest that start to degrade after a couple of laps, , also as the hard tyre wares down it probably helps the compound actually behave better and not loose time as rapidly as they have before

[adam]

that Silverstone battle is SO GOOD, just mentioning it puts a smile on my face.

[legoferrari]

I am honestly stunned that this late into the season there _still_ hasn't been a spectacular blowout. I thought this season we were going to see at least one race like Silverstone 2013.

[watson]

Got a problem with this analysis, and that is that, as you know, Pirelli has *5* compounds for slicks, not just hard / medium / soft. Your graphic at 3:14 mentions that the 'hard' compound for Austria was the C3, which was supposedly the 'soft' compound at Silverstone (see graphic at 7:53 ) The discussion would have been different had they chosen the C1-C2-C3 range for Austria. However, that being said, Pirelli do appear to have the compounds in control, as well as their *selection* of the compounds on a race-by-race basis in 2022.

[th.jahlil]

I wish pirelli were allowed to actually allowed to develop the tires the same way michelin does endurance tires, often times the compounds are for conditions rather then performance. Harder compounds work in rougher conditions

[milesfisher]

Pirelli have always had the ability to make tyres more durable but F1 mandated that they be quick wearing. It never made sense to me, it made the races tame as drivers didn't want to push too hard during the race with many overtakes happening as a result of pit strategy. I hope this years trend continues and we scrap the old days.

[danyb]

The tyres this year are much better than before because it gave the drivers some confidence to push and race 👍🏼

[whomittolz]

The huge variety of strategies is awesome. Even if they aren't very competitive, the fact that AM is employing such a radical strategy is really cool.

[Allblue]

Maybe the tyres will make a good race at france as in Austria was struggling whiles Mercedes have no problem with tyres. Ferrari does not like heat. Will it be a 3 team race, HOPE SOO.

[omarspost]

I never knew 'cold' tyres are 100°C. What's their optimal temp during racing?