Isola: Short-term targets involving F1 teams is very difficult

But, typically, consensus was not reached among F1 teams, thus the sport will continue with tyres that few understand and at the same time have had a negative impact on racing as tyre management takes precedence over racing hard and fast.

Pirelli motorsport boss Mario Isola suggests that allowing teams to make decisions on these matters is well intended but the self-serving nature of the sport makes it virtually impossible to find a common ground between the ten outfits that make up the current grid.

With regards to team input, Isola said in an interview,"If we talk about short-term targets, involving F1 teams is very difficult, because they are just looking at their own advantage. That's normal and I’m not criticizing that. They are in competition and they look at their own advantage.

“Long-term it is useful because they can give you feedback that everybody should consider. If we’re talking about any change in the sporting regulations, we have to involve the teams to understand how they approach the change, because it could be a great idea but then it doesn’t work.

“In the shorter term, involving the teams is difficult. You’re not sure they are taking you in the right direction because there is too much on the table for their own advantage.”

While tyre rules are set to remain unchanged Isola shed light on a possible development for this year's race weekends, “We have the opportunity to bring some prototypes on Fridays.

"The idea is if we can give the opportunity to the teams to use these prototypes not only on Friday but during the race weekend. It’s not easy because you need to modify the sporting regulations, that means you need unanimity from the teams to agree, but we are try to understand if there is any room to make any proposal.

“I think that if there is a sensible proposal, the teams will agree. Obviously we have to pay attention not to change any balance inside the championship because that is not fair or correct, but there are some ideas. And if there are any good ideas, even if we can’t introduce it this year, we can think about next year.

“So the FIA, F1 are involved. The meeting we had on the Friday in Austria was quite productive because it was not just a vote on coming back to last year’s tires, but it was more brainstorming of what we can do for the future.

"On the Pirelli side we can just give our support to any proposal. We are not making any regulations, we are not the people doing that, but we are happy to contribute in any way to improve the show," added Isola.

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