Pirelli on sprint racing: 'This will make it more spectacular'

It is a hot topic: sprint racing. Almost everyone has their own opinion about it by now. So does Simone Berra, Pirelli's chief engineer. He told motorsport.com that nothing should be changed about the length of the race but that changes should definitely take place.

"I think that it should be better to decide properly where the layout of the circuit can help a lot because we can make decisions to help the sprint be even more spectacular," Berra said.

On Qatar, the Italian was not really pleased with his own tyres: "We didn't have really a strong compound. We had the C2 and C3, but both suffered from graining."

In the end, the FIA even had to force three mandatory pit stops during the race to avoid dangerous situations.

Difficult balance

Berra also looks back on Brazil: "Mercedes in the last laps, especially Hamilton, they dropped a lot. Even Piastri at the end of the race, so this was really important. It's not an easy balance because if you have high degradation they have to manage, but if you have low degradation they can push but you don't have any difference in pace because the degradation is low for everybody."