Pirelli has confirmed that the naming conventions for all of their tyres is set to change again in 2019. Instead of referring to the compound of tyre, the three different compounds will simply be known as the soft, medium and hard compound tyre for each race weekend.
Speaking ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix to the media, Pirelli boss Mario Isola confirmed that the names would change for next season instead of fans referring to the specific compounds that range from hypersoft to hard
“I can confirm that I made all the investigation within the company to understand if it is feasible because obviously there is an implication with the production, logistics, how we manage the tyres, and marketing as well.
“I made an investigation with all the departments to make sure we’re not doing something wrong. I confirmed that it’s feasible. Obviously, we need to make some work around it.
“The three names are clear – hard, medium and soft – but the three colours are still under discussion.
“It was a request coming from F1 and the FIA, and we made the necessary changes in order to achieve that for 2019. The next step is to define the colours, and to announce officially that we are going in that direction.”
The compound of tyres will be revealed to fans on each race weekend as the compounds will of course change depending on the circuit each race weekend.
“The other open points are that we need to give a name to the compounds to give you the information on which are the real compounds that we are using, and how we manage the tests, because at the tests all the compounds are available, because we need to understand how to paint the sidewalls at the test.
“During the pre-season test, I can imagine that there will be some confusion! But hopefully, we can fix it with races, where we have the three compounds. It is a complete change of approach compared to the past.”
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