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Mario Isola predicts Pirelli rubber to overheat in 2020

Mario Isola predicts Pirelli rubber to overheat in 2020

10-01-2020 17:02
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Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola thinks that the tyres for next season are likely to overheat more. Isola believes that the cars in 2020 will be putting more energy through the tyre and this will result in them getting too hot. 

Formula 1 decided to keep the 2019 rubber for next season but the teams will make the cars faster over the winter break and the added aerodynamics could add some extra strain on the tyres. 

"In a condition of consistent technical regulation, because the technical regulations for this year is no different compared to last year, the rate of development is measuring 1-second to 1.5s per lap," Isola told Motorsport.com.

"In one season [that is] the improvement in lap time. So, I can expect that we have another step in 2020.

"That means some more downforce, that means more energy. Probably, if we have to predict something, it could be more overheating, maybe.

"[That could be] more of a thing because of the additional energy that is going into the tyre."

The one positive of this is that teams won't have the same problem of getting the tyre up to temperature. Haas and Williams really struggled to get enough heat into the rubber but it is thought this won't be an issue next season. 

"If you remember at the beginning of the [2019] season, some teams were complaining about warm up and in some occasions, it was a bit difficult to warm up the tyres.

"That is not going to be an issue for this year. They know the tyres, so the advantage compared to last year is that the learning curve on how to use a new product is already there."

Fans will hope that the tyres don't dictate the outcome of races and that we can see the drivers racing at their best throughout the race instead of driving to set lap times to preserve their rubber.