Forthcoming Rules On Motorsport Tyres Published

The World Motor Sport Council met in Barcelona recently and, in the subsequent press release issued by the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA), there were a couple of references to tyres in future Formula 1 and World Rally Championship events.

For F1, the single tyre supplier is required to provide identical quantities and specifications of tyres to all teams over a calendar year. It may only provide two specifications of tyre at each event.

The quantity of dry-weather tyres each driver may use at an event has been increased from seven sets to 14. A maximum of four sets will be available to each driver for the first day of practice and 10 for the remainder of the event.

In the World Rally Championship, the WMSC says that a tender will be issued for a single tyre manufacturer to equip all World Rally Cars entered in the 2008 World Rally Championship.