Pirelli’s new C6 tyre made its maiden appearance as part of the race-weekend at Imola but left everyone, including the tyre supplier itself, baffled when competitors struggled to make it last ...

The idea of the C6 was essentially for it to be the de facto qualifying tyre during the race weekends where it’s used, leaving teams to run the hard and medium compounds in the grand prix itself.

Pirelli’s new C6 tyre has proved divisive since its much-vaunted introduction in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix last month, but Formula 1’s tyre supplier remains committed to the idea of having ...