Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
The possible return of Bridgestone
Bridgestone versus Pirelli – FIA has opened the tender for the official F1 tyre supply contract from 2025 to 2027, with the option to extend it until 2028. At the beginning of 2023, FIA opened the tender for the official…
Formula 1 and Pirelli – Interview with Mario Isola
In an exclusive interview, Paddock Magazine catches up with Pirelli’s Motorsport Director, Mario Isola, to hear about the challenges of designing an F1 tyre, sustainability, and much more. Formula 1 is booming, and racing has significantly improved, but what’s…
Pirelli extends Formula 1 partnership until 2024
The FIA and Formula 1 have proposed, and Pirelli has agreed, a one-year extension to the existing exclusive tyre supply contract to reflect the original intention of the 2018 tyre tender and remain within the overall technical framework, which is…
Sponsor in focus: Pirelli
By Natalia Panteleeva | “We believe in moving everyone forward through technological and social progress, constantly pushing innovation in a cultured and considerate manner.” Such words are declared to the world by the Pirelli company. Let’s take a closer look…
Q&A In The Paddock: Mario Isola
We sat down with Mario Isola, Pirelli’s racing manager, to talk about his expectations for this new year and the fresh future of Pirelli within the Formula 1 competition. Mario, what are your expectations for this year? Well, last…
Pirelli: And the wheels keep turning
It’s always a treat to sit down with Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s Motorsport Director, the tyre manufacturer’s main Formula 1 man. This time we talk about the work done in the 2016 season of the sport, also on the technical innovations that…
Pirelli: Three more years of Formula 1
Pirelli will remain an exclusive tyre supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship for three more years. The tyre manufacturer and the FIA have renewed their current contract, which will now extend from 2017 to 2019. We meet with…
Pirelli’s first lap in Mexico
High speeds and long straights resembling Monza, driving sections in the style of Hockenheim’s Motodrom: here is the preview of the new Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit, theatre to the 2015 F1 Mexican Grand Prix, with its hidden technical challenges: Pirelli’s first…
Quick Monza Q&A with Paul Hembery
Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery sits down for a quick Q&A about the Italian Grand Prix with our man at Monza – Piero Savazzi. What can you tell us about yesterday’s Free Practice results and today’s weather conditions? Yesterday was a pretty…
14. Paul Hembery
Age 49 Occupation Motorsport Director, Pirelli Nationality English Position last year 15 Pirelli’s Motorsport Director has already led the Italian tyre manufacturer to success in WRC, Superbikes and GP3, but from 2011, Paul Hembery faced the toughest call of his…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Paul Hembery
Pirelli’s main Formula 1 man, mister Paul Hembery, gives the Paddock magazine his fantasy set. The drivers: James Hunt and Ken Block Does this pairing even need an introduction? James Hunt represented everything that was cool about the 1970s, probably…
