A decision on whether the Qatar Grand Prix will need mandated stint lengths over tyre safety concerns will be taken following a Formula 1 team managers meeting on Sunday afternoon.
As the F1 paddock filled up on Saturday morning ahead of the Qatar event’s sprint race action, the FIA announced that Pirelli had discovered a serious risk of potential dramatic punctures during Sunday’s main race following its post-practice analysis of tyres that had completed over 20 laps in Friday’s FP1 session.
Mario Isola, Racing Manager, Pirelli Motorsport Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Neither team engineers nor the drivers had encountered any potential tyre problems during Friday’s action, as the situation was only revealed when the first tyres were cut open as part of Pirelli’s typical post-practice analysis work on Friday night.
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