'The altitude of the circuit in Mexico is always a challenge'

In The Pirelli preview Mario Isola looks ahead to the upcoming Mexican Grand Prix. The top man of the Italian tyre supplier predicts an exciting GP.

The Mexican GP doesn't present Pirelli with any major problems in general. There is high speed on the straights, but the tyres don't wear out very fast on this circuit. For the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Pirelli brought the C2, C3 and C4 tyres.

Racing in Mexico

''The high altitude in particular, as well as the circuit layout itself, always throws up a number of interesting challenges and surprises in Mexico, so it’s often an unpredictable race with a wide variety of strategic options. Last time, the medium and the hard were the main tyres that the teams focussed on during the race,'' Isola said in the press release.

''So understanding the performance gap between the soft and the medium will be key for qualifying. Mexico is a historic and exciting circuit, so after a two-year absence, we’re delighted to be heading back. The race is held at roughly the same time of year as it was two seasons ago and there are no significant track alterations since then – apart from one small bit of resurfacing before Turn 1 to level out a bump – but the cars have changed a lot so it’s hard to say if the data from 2019 is still relevant'', concludes Isola.