The FIA is set to confirm the use of Pirelli’s new rear tyres from the British Grand Prix after a “positive” test in Austria.
Last weekend, all 10 teams trialled the new more robust construction, which the Italian supplier developed following the failures for Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen in Baku.
And Pirelli motorsport chief Mario Isola was happy with the general reaction he received.
“The test was positive,” he said. “I didn’t have any objection, I didn’t have any negative comments. I didn’t collect anything that is making me think there is no good reason not to introduce the prototype in Silverstone.
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“We are going to receive the data tonight, so we want to take a bit of time to analyse the data and to finalise also the collecting of the feedback. But to be honest I don’t see a reason why not to introduce it at Silverstone.”
Red Bull boss Christian Horner was also satisfied, particularly at how similar the new tyre appeared to be to the previous construction in terms of performance.
“Credit to Pirelli that they’ve reacted so quickly to Azerbaijan and bought prototypes here,” he said.
“The initial feedback from the drivers was pretty benign that it didn’t feel too different to what they previously had.
“Hopefully that’s a positive because we’d hate at this point of the year to have a variable introduced that favoured one team or another.
“From what we could see in the short amount of running that we did, there was nothing untoward.”
Now the FIA World Motor Sport Council is poised to officially pass a vote on using the new rear tyres from next weekend.