Pirelli have released a schedule of the in-season Formula 1 tyre testing that will take place during the course of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship season featuring all ten teams on duty during select post-grand prix tests.
Pirelli F1 chief Mario Isola said, "We've defined the calendar with all the teams. It is good that we have been able to distribute one dry session to each team."
"We offered to test to all the teams, and all the teams replied in a positive way. Talking about wet tyres, we have less sessions, we have three teams who were also available to test on wets, and we allocated wet tests to these three teams."
Tyre tests are conducted with all data collected going to Pirelli who release no details of the tyres being used by teams during testing. Pirelli also prefer to have race drivers doing the tests as opposed to reserve drivers.
This is the 2018 Pirelli F1 testing schedule:
- April 17-18 Shanghai (TBC) Slick (Force India)
- April 19-20 Fiorano Wet (Ferrari)
- May 15-16 Barcelona Slick (McLaren/Haas)
- May 30-31 Paul Ricard Wet (Mercedes)
- June 14-15 Vallelunga Slick (Toro Rosso)
- July 10-11 Silverstone Slick (Red Bull/Williams)
- September 5-6 Paul Ricard Wet (McLaren)
- September 20-21 Paul Ricard Slick (Mercedes/Ferrari)
- October 9-10 Suzuka Slick (Renault)
- October 30 Mexico Slick (Sauber)
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