Pirelli's Isola opposed to complete tyre freedom in F1

Pirelli tyres.
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Pirelli is not keen on the concept to fully liberalise the way teams use tyres in Formula 1.

Currently, there are tight restrictions on how teams can select and race the compounds brought to races by Pirelli.

But F1 legend and Renault advisor Alain Prost believes that awarding teams and drivers complete freedom in choosing compounds would likely be an easy way to spice up the action.

Pirelli F1 chief Mario Isola disagrees with Prost's approach however.

"If you just picked the hardest tyre, you could maybe do the whole race without stopping," he told Auto Motor und Sport.

"And if that is possible, most would head in that direction."

And he also rejected Prost's idea that drivers be able to make up a tyre 'set' from multiple compounds, an approach which prevailed in the 1980s.

"This might work on a GT car, but Formula 1 cars are too sensitive," Isola insisted.

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