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18-inch F1 tyres have to be driven in “different way”

18-inch F1 tyres have to be driven in “different way”

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it’s easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.

He agreed that the 2022 cars are trickier to drive in slower corners.

“These tyres are different, you have to drive them in a different way,” Isola said in an interview with F1 TV.

“Probably they have to use a lot more the straight line traction compared to the combined traction, because of these characteristics of the rear tyre. I believe the drivers are quite good in adapting to the new situation quickly.

“Something they are working on is this difference of balance between high-speed and low-speed. In the high-speed most of the teams are saying that the cars are quite well balanced. So they can push a lot in high speed.

“But in low speed they generate this sliding that could be front or rear, depending on the balance, the set-up that you make to the car. 

“This is a learning process that we see every time there is something completely…

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