As part of F1’s rules overhaul for 2022 that has included a switch to ground effect cars, official tyre supplier Pirelli is also moving to 18-inch wheels.
The change, allied to a desire to have rubber that is not so sensitive to overheating, has led to the compounds shifting towards being slightly harder.
That will likely mean less degradation, which in turn opens the door for teams to get away with fewer pitstops.
While one-stop races are not the preference for F1 chiefs, Pirelli head of F1 and car racing Mario Isola thinks that fewer stops will not influence the show if there are spectacular battles on track.
“I hope we don’t have less strategic variabilities,” he said. “The idea and the way in which we have designed the tyres is to continue to have different strategies, with a mix of one and two stops.
“It is also true that with a new product with less degradation, it is possible that we will have less pitstops and the majority of races could be one stop.
“For me, it is not an…
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