Formula 1’s growing schedule is making it harder for Pirelli to arrange in-season tests to develop new tyre compounds.
The sport’s official tyre supplier is close to finalising plans for this year’s tests but says the expanding and increasingly international schedule is making it harder to schedule them.
The 2022 F1 calendar will feature 23 races once a replacement for the cancelled Russian Grand Prix has been announced. Next year’s schedule could include a record 24.
This year’s first in-season test is due to take place following the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix later this month. Other tests are likely to take place after European races.
However Pirelli’s head of motorsport Mario Isola told RaceFans it is becoming more difficult to find time in the schedule for testing.
“The logistics is a nightmare, honestly, because with the 23 races and races in Europe, overseas and back in Europe and again overseas, it’s a lot more difficult than in the past. The room to accommodate…