Pirelli: F1 Won't 'Fully Understand' Compounds Until Midseason

Pirelli sporting director Mario Isola thinks that the teams won't be able to fully understand the new compounds until halfway through the season.

The tyre-manufacturer have added two brand new compounds two their range for the F1 teams; the 'hypersofts' and the 'superhards'. What Pirelli essentially did, is making all tyres two steps softer, after the company got criticized for being too conservative in their approach last year.

“I am sure there are some details we don't know because the compounds are more or less all new, except for the medium," Isola said. "The medium is just the soft from last year."

This could mean that the team that figures out the tyres better than everyone else after analysing their data at pre-season testing, could gain a significant advantage early-on in the season.