P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The Belgian Grand Prix is set for something which has not been seen in the current regulations.
Pirelli has announced a major change for the Belgian Grand Prix this season, opting to skip the usual C2 compound, which marks a historic decision in the ground effects era.
This move by Pirelli will result in the exclusion of one compound from the usual three options brought to each Grand Prix, enhancing the potential for diverse strategies and varying pace differences among the available compounds.
For the Belgian Grand Prix, Pirelli will offer the hardest compound, C1, alongside the C3 and C4 compounds, aiming to provide a wider range of strategic choices with a significant speed gap between the hard and medium options.
In a similar strategic shift, Pirelli has also altered its compound selection for the British Grand Prix, adopting a softer trio of C2, C3, and C4 compounds, departing from the conventional practice of using the hardest options at Silverstone due to the circuit’s tire wear characteristics.
These changes indicate a trend towards facilitating more pit stops and strategic possibilities by introducing softer compounds, with races in Austria and Hungary also featuring softer compounds to increase strategic variability.
