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After almost a four-week break, Moto2and Moto3 riders return to the track at Silverstone, where the British Grand Prix will take place from 2 to 4 August. At 5.9 kilometres, the British track is the longest of the calendar and is a very fast circuit, with a good level of grip but several fast corners that put a lot of strain on the tyres, generating high lateral loads and spinning.
In order to allow teams and riders more freedom of choice on which tyres to use over the weekend, compared to the standard allocation Pirelli has decided to increase the quantity of tyres to 8 units for each front specification in both classes and for each Moto3TM rear, with the addition for the smaller class of 6 units per rider of the hard C1096 rear development compound, already seen at other GPs this year.
“Silverstone is a circuit that we know quite well because we have raced there for many years in both World Superbike and BSB, so we have data to base ourselves on, notwithstanding the well-known differences between the bikes used in these championships and those used in Moto2 and Moto3 - Giorgio Barbier, Motorcycle Racing Director, said - We know it is a very fast and quite demanding track for tyres, offering a combination of high-speed straights interspersed with very technical and fast corners that generate intense side loads (like at Beckett) and high levels of spinning. Arriving at the ideal configuration for the race will therefore require a lot of work, which is why we decided to offer the teams the possibility of having more tyres for each of the available options. In this way, each rider will be able to focus his work on the compound he prefers without having to worry about having enough to cover all the sessions and the race. In Moto3 the riders will also have the C1096 development solution for the rear that we have already taken to several GPs this year, more as a precautionary measure in case the softer solutions show too high levels of wear. Even though it is August, the possibility of rain cannot be ruled out, in which case all the riders will have our range of wet tyres at their disposal.”
