Pirelli tyres has revealed how it has adopted a ‘green technology’ programme to protect the environment.
Pirelli has been using this technology since 2002 in Italy, and also used it throughout its return to single-seater competition last year with the GP2 season.
Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s motorsport director, said: “The environment has always been extremely high on our agenda at Pirelli. The way that we dispose of the tyres is firm evidence of this: in fact, the road surfaces that spectators drive on to get to grands prix in future could well be made up of some of our recycled tyres…”
