Since today, Tuesday, a Pirelli test team is on the island of Sardinia, with a two-day tire test, the preparations for the world rally championship (WRC) in advance of 2021. A Citroen C3 WRC with the driver, Andreas Mikkelsen comes as advertised for use.

The tires for Asphalt to wear out of the formula 1 well-known name of "P Zero", the gravel tyre will receive the designation of "Scorpion". The aim of the test is to collect data to find a Baseline for a Hoop that comes with the greatest heat of summer is clear. Here, 200 kilometres to be travelled per day.

"This is going to be on gravel is particularly important," says Terenzio Testoni, rally Manager of Pirelli. "Because of the world Cup, around 80 percent of the events are held on gravel. Fortunately, the gravel slopes, on which we test one of the most challenging Gravel stages in the world, and were previously used as part of the Sardinia rally."

Pirelli emphasizes that you have made a conscious decision to test on earlier stages of the rally Italy. "It is important, methodical, to be able to our progress to measure accurately," adds Testoni.

"We start with the Basis of a proven and reliable tire. As a result, we will use a series of prototypes, to see where we can improve the Performance and durability even further."

"In the rally sport, this task is particularly tricky, because unlike on a track, the road surface and grip conditions change constantly. But we will later return to these routes, to see how the Changes we make to the prototype Tyres, to improve their performance."

Pirelli, the WRC season 2021 Michelin as a supplier of tyres in the classes R1 (previously WRC) and R2 (previously: R5) to replace. The Italians have set out in the invitation to tender until 2024 by.

This article by Heiko Stritzke

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