Pirelli Tyres Red Pzero Out On The Streets Of Monaco

New supersoft composition of Tyre, Pirelli PZero Red, was used for the first time during free practice sessions on Thursday in Monaco street circuit. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing team driver, set the fastest lap time.

During the free training, pilots have used Pirelli PZero tires Yellow soft composition, especially in the first session when Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing team driver, set the fastest lap time: 1m: 16.619 seconds. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari driver was quickest in the second session, setting the best time, 1m: 15.123 seconds, with Red PZero tires. At that time, ambient temperature was 27 degrees Celsius and asphalt temperature reached 45 degrees Celsius.

The new composition supersoft tires are marked in red on the sides to be more easily identified during television broadcasts.

The two free practice sessions were used by pilots to discover not only the relative performance of tires and soft supersoft composition, the former being about 1.2 to 1.4 seconds faster per lap, but the durability of the two compositions Monte Carlo street circuit. Sebastian Vettel covered 22 laps in the afternoon session with the composition supersoft tires. In combination with the software version of Pirelli tires, they will choose, most likely a strategy with two or three pit stops during the race.

The two free practice sessions, scheduled on Thursday, were crucial for the preparation of qualifications Saturday. Given that six times in the last seven races of the Principality, the driver who left the pole position and won, is more than obvious that qualifying sessions are more important here than in any other circuit.

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