Following the agreement between Pirelli and the 11 Formula One teams,
with the approval of the FIA, here is the schedule of the dedicated
days (one per team) that each team will devote to tyre testing this
year, within the existing 2014 in-season test calendar.
| Bahrain test |
(8-9 April) |
| Day1 | CATERHAM |
| Day2 | MERCEDES and WILLIAMS |
| Barcelona test | (13-14 May) |
| Day1 | SAUBER and TORO ROSSO |
| Day2 | McLAREN and FORCE INDIA |
| Silverstone test | (8-9 July) |
| Day1 | FERRARI and LOTUS |
| Day2 | RED BULL and MARUSSIA |
The agreement, which was finalised during the final pre-season Bahrain test (from 27 February to 2 March),
stipulates that each team will devote one day per year exclusively to
testing the latest products and developments from Pirelli, within the
framework of the existing test calendar. The definition of this tyre
test schedule has been agreed by all parties involved.
For the last two days of this year’s test calendar (Abu Dhabi, 25-26 November) Pirelli will supply all the teams with prototype tyres in preparation for the 2015 season.
Each
team will have to devote one day of testing this year to tyres for
2015, as written in the latest sporting regulation (under article
22.6h). This new rule is the result of requests from Pirelli to Formula
One’s rule-makers at the end of last season. The tyres that each team
will use during its nominated tyre test days will be supplied by Pirelli
and will not form part of the 135 allocated sets for testing purposes
each year.
