The chairman of the Pirelli Group, Marco Tronchetti Provera, and Pirelli Tyre's managing director, Francesco Gori have outlined the company's plans for supplying tyres to Formula One for the three-year period of the new contract that runs between 2011-2013. Pirelli came into the picture as the only serious candidate after F1's current sole tyre supplier, Japan's Bridgestone, announced it would pull out at the end of this season and the only other serious contender for the contract on offer, Michelin, declined to tender a bid after its demand for the cars to use bigger 18-inch wheels and lower profile tyres was rejected by F1's organisers. Michelin, which has a company philosophy of pitting itself on the racetracks directly up against its rivals, was also more enthusiastic about a non-exclusive deal that would bring back the "tyre wars" of the past. For Pirelli this contract adds to its exclusive deals with the World Rally Championship, Grand American Sports Car Series and World Superbike Championship. The Pirelli's programme includes the creation of a dedicated team for the development and production of Formula One tyres. The team of internal Pirelli human resources, will be made up of engineers and researchers who have accumulated experience at the highest levels of motorsport: creating winning products for rallying, Superbike, the Rolex Sports Car Series in North America and GT racing, as well as various one-make series. This Pirelli hopes will ensure that the other <b>...</b>
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