Three of the modifications to the championship’s sporting regulations that were approved by the World Motor Sport Council have an impact on tyres, namely a reduction in the number of tyres that may be used in the course of each round, the possibility for crews to use two different types of tyre on gravel events and the banning of mixed gravel/asphalt stages. Thanks to these three changes, the FIA has made the World Rally Championship both safer and more respectful of the environment.
Pirelli will complete its three-year tenure as the official tyre supplier to the FIA World Rally Championship under an exclusive agreement with the FIA, motorsport’s world governing body, on Wales Rally GB this week (November 11-14).
Pirelli’s soft-compound Scorpion tyres delivered a faultless performance on unknown territory, taking the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team to the victory on the debut of the Rally Poland in the FIA World Rally Championship