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The possible return of Bridgestone
Bridgestone versus Pirelli – FIA has opened the tender for the official F1 tyre supply contract from 2025 to 2027, with the option to extend it until 2028. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! At the beginning of 2023,…
Formula 1 and Pirelli – Interview with Mario Isola
In an exclusive interview, Paddock Magazine catches up with Pirelli’s Motorsport Director, Mario Isola, to hear about the challenges of designing an F1 tyre, sustainability, and much more. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! Formula 1 is booming, and…
Pirelli extends Formula 1 partnership until 2024
The FIA and Formula 1 have proposed, and Pirelli has agreed, a one-year extension to the existing exclusive tyre supply contract to reflect the original intention of the 2018 tyre tender and remain within the overall technical framework, which is…
Sponsor in focus: Pirelli
By Natalia Panteleeva | “We believe in moving everyone forward through technological and social progress, constantly pushing innovation in a cultured and considerate manner.” Such words are declared to the world by the Pirelli company. Let’s take a closer look…
Q&A In The Paddock: Mario Isola
We sat down with Mario Isola, Pirelli’s racing manager, to talk about his expectations for this new year and the fresh future of Pirelli within the Formula 1 competition. Click here to subscribe to our print edition! Mario, what are your…
Pirelli: And the wheels keep turning
It’s always a treat to sit down with Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s Motorsport Director, the tyre manufacturer’s main Formula 1 man. This time we talk about the work done in the 2016 season of the sport, also on the technical innovations that…
Pirelli: Three more years of Formula 1
Pirelli will remain an exclusive tyre supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship for three more years. The tyre manufacturer and the FIA have renewed their current contract, which will now extend from 2017 to 2019. We meet with…
2016 F1 sporting tyre regulations – what’s new?
The new video from Pirelli explains what’s different in the 2016 Formula 1 sporting tyre regulations. Check it out:
Pirelli’s first lap in Mexico
High speeds and long straights resembling Monza, driving sections in the style of Hockenheim’s Motodrom: here is the preview of the new Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit, theatre to the 2015 F1 Mexican Grand Prix, with its hidden technical challenges: Pirelli’s first…
Quick Monza Q&A with Paul Hembery
Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery sits down for a quick Q&A about the Italian Grand Prix with our man at Monza – Piero Savazzi. What can you tell us about yesterday’s Free Practice results and today’s weather conditions? Yesterday was a pretty…
14. Paul Hembery
Age 49 Occupation Motorsport Director, Pirelli Nationality English Position last year 15 Pirelli’s Motorsport Director has already led the Italian tyre manufacturer to success in WRC, Superbikes and GP3, but from 2011, Paul Hembery faced the toughest call of his…
