Hamilton Has Little Good To Say About 2019 F1 Tyres

Hamilton Has Little Good To Say About 2019 F1 Tyres By: Francis Joseph Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton does not have “a lot of good things” to say about Pirelli’s 2019 tyres, and thinks the new compound identification system is “confusing”. Pirelli has modified its rubber for this season, introducing the thinner-gauge tread that was used at three races last year to combat blistering and overheating. However, Mercedes driver Hamilton said it feels like Pirelli “did something else”, having joked on social media that even his dog Roscoe felt they were “too hard”. “That is why I said he concurs with me, they are a little bit hard,” said Hamilton, who had posted a video of Roscoe playing with and trying to bite a Pirelli tyre. “What do you want to know, if the tyres are any good? I don’t really have a lot of good things to say on that, so best I probably don’t say anything. “As we get into the year, it is going to be a challenge. They are more challenging this year than they were last. “And we have all these different names of tyres – C5, C4, C3, C2 and C1. Which is for me personally even more confusing than all the colours that we had.” The codenames of the tyre refer to the compound, with C1 representing the hardest of the range and the tyres increasing in softness, grip and wear up to C5.