Reports Say Pirelli Considering F1 Return

(Akron/Tire Review) News reports say that Pirelli SpA may throw its hat back into the Formula One tyre ring. According to Autosport magazine, Paul Hemery, head of Pirelli’s motorsport programme, said the company was considering all of its options after FIA began accepting bids for tyre suppliers for the 2008 season.

FIA has decided that F1 will become a single spec tyre series. It is expected that Bridgestone will make a bid, but it is not known if Michelin, which previously stated that it was leaving F1 racing after this season, would also apply. “We are seriously considering a bid to enter Formula One when the control tyre comes,” Hembery told the magazine. “As well as that, we are looking at Le Mans prototypes and rally raids.”

Pirelli left F1 after the 1991 season.