Interview With Pirelli's Paul Hembery Ahead Of The Brazilian Grand Prix (VIDEO)

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery talks about last weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin Texas at the Circuit of the Americas and looks ahead to this weekend's grand finale at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Italian F1 tyre supplier will take sets of experimental 2013 tyres to Interlagos. Next season's Slick compounds will retain their Super Soft, Soft, Medium and Hard, but all four will be softer. “We’ll be taking some of our 2013 prototype tyres to Brazil in order for the teams to get a taste of them during free practice,” Hembery explained. “With no testing until February otherwise, this will be an extremely valuable opportunity for them to see what our new tyres are like as they finalise their 2013 cars, so let’s hope that it doesn’t rain on Friday. Both the compounds and construction will be different, which means that the characteristics of the new tyres will be altered, with a wider working range and some compounds that are slightly more aggressive. We’ve yet to finalise where exactly all the compounds will sit in relation to each other, which is why we are calling the tyre to be used in Brazil a prototype rather than giving it a specific nomination, but it will be very representative of our general design philosophy next year. We’re looking forward to hearing the feedback from the teams about it and of course sending our 2012 tyres out in style at what is usually a very demanding and thrilling race in Brazil.”