Pirelli, Hembery: “Nobody learned much today”

The rain that fell today in both the first and second free practice sessions meant that it was not possible for the teams to complete a session with a lot of data. The same goes, obviously, for Pirelli. It should be underlined that in addition to the wet conditions, there was no shortage of strong and cold winds, factors that led to track temperatures that were around five degrees lower than those recorded yesterday.

Here are the words of Paul Hembery: “A good wash, that's how we can describe this day! Most of the laps in the afternoon were on the intermediates, which are unlikely to be used in the race, although there is a possibility of seeing them in action again tomorrow. Nobody learned much today in the morning we ran on the slicks and we arrived close to the crossover point, allowing us to collect useful data on the intermediates."

All this means - He continued - that a season full of changes got off to an even more unpredictable start than we thought, which opens up more variables for the rest of the weekend, especially for qualifying."

“We will have to wait a little longer to understand the true effects of the 2016 tire regulations” he concluded.