Gutierrez: “Important to get the tyres working properly”

Maranello, 7 October – The most important aspect to consider at Sochi is tyre behaviour,” Scuderia Ferrari’s third driver Esteban Gutierrez tells ferrari.com. It’s vital to get them working properly, so as to have good levels of grip and if possible, low degradation. If you manage to get it right, then you can push on almost every lap, without having to worry too much about managing the tyres.

That allows you to be more aggressive in terms of set-up and have a car that reacts more quickly. We gathered a lot of data last year, but it will be interesting to see if the track surface will have the same characteristics this time round. That will depend how much it’s been used in the past months. Russian fans don’t know much about Formula 1, but nevertheless, they are all very enthusiastic about this sport and our team and these ties can but grow over the coming years.”

Source: http://formula1.ferrari.com/en/russian-grand-prix-sochi-the-track-one-year-on/