Approaching the Grand Prize of Malaysia and thereby pilots begin to give their first impressions about the event. To do not vary again make an appearance one of the recurring themes in this beginning of season, Pirelli tyres and their alleged high degradation. I say supposed because in the Grand Prize of Australia his good behaviour surprised everyone, and even some dared to go to a one-stop.
In Sepang, Jenson Button hopes to increased wear of the tires that in Albert Park. English wields the most abrasive asphalt and its high temperature as two factors that will influence enough wear and tear on the compounds. Two details which, in his opinion, will have much to do in the endurance of the tires in the Malaysian event.Button justified his reasoning:
In Sepang it will be much more heat, with higher temperatures of the asphalt, perhaps as high as 45 ° C, and the asphalt is very abrasive, especially compared with Albert Park, which is very smooth. Sepang requires much stability at high speed of the tyre. All of these factors will make more delicate management of tires, and I think that there will be a further degradation and more stops. In terms of wear and durability, Sepang is located in the middle of the table.The director of Pirelli Motorsport, Paul Hembery, takes a view similar to the McLaren driver; He has predicted four stops of media at Malaysia. Then will come an unconscious as Sergio Perez and pull away so much pessimism with regard to length of the compuestos…
