Under the terms of its contract with the FIA, Pirelli was challenged to focus on durability rather than outright performance when developing its PZero, Scorpion and Sottozero range of WRC tyres, albeit without using mousse inserts. It is therefore great testament to the advanced design and meticulous production processes employed by Pirelli that of those 27,995 tyres supplied, only 43 have suffered failures on the punishing terrain encountered on world championship rallies, a percentage of just 0.1536
The WRC comes back to the Land of Kangaroos with a completely new route. The Scorpion tyres chosen by Pirelli were developed to guarantee safety and performance also on insidious gravel tracks.