Pirelli Tyres ready for testing

Pirelli tyres are ready for testing on the first day of the Formula 1 season championships.

They will be used on the track in Valencia which is where the first race will be held.

Pirelli took over from Bridgestone at the end of the championships in 2010 and will be laying out their PZero tyres for both wet and dry types.

Paul Hembery, Motorsport Director for Pirelli, said: “We arrive in Valencia with all our compounds defined and ready to offer the teams different tyre solutions.

“Having enjoyed an intense and fruitful collaboration so far, this test will provide us with some useful feedback and a valuable taste of the season to come.

“It goes without saying that we are eagerly awaiting the first Grand Prix. Valencia will be a very significant test, as it will allow us to experience a situation that is very similar to real race conditions, although the ambient conditions aren’t representative of the rest of the year, and also give us a good idea of how to work together in future.

“The objective of this test is to give all the teams the opportunity to become better acquainted with the tyres that we will supply to them this season, before they end their development programmes prior to the first Grand Prix of the year in Bahrain.”