Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery feels that Silverstone will be the circuit that provides the best test for the new regulations.
With pre-season testing and the Spanish Grand Prix being held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, often regarded by Formula 1 teams as a true test of a car due to its variety of corners, Hembery votes Silverstone as the real challenge.
“I am excited because it is a change, it is different and it is going to be more of a challenge for drivers, which they wanted,” Hembery said, as quoted by Crash.net
“They are going to feel one extra G in the corners, 25mph quicker in some corners, flat out in six or seven corners at Silverstone, which will be the real event for the drivers.”
The 2017 season will see wider tyres provided by the Italian manufacturer and the changes provided by the new technical regulations, speeds are expected to be far higher, with somewhere around three to five seconds depending on the circuit.
Corners such as Copse, Abbey and the Maggots and Becketts complex are going to be true challenges with the drivers with far high mechanical and aerodynamic grip.
Hembery added: “Silverstone is so quick and open and the corners are already big corners, it will be the one the drivers are excited about.”
