Pirelli could look to add more tyre compound options to their current product range if they secure another term as Formula 1’s sole supplier.
Autosport has revealed that the Italian manufacturer are considering ways to improve the racing, after receiving criticism for producing more durable rubber compared to their original remit.
Pirelli wish to keep their present array of tyres, however with extra sub-categories within the Hard, Medium, Soft and Supesofts currently available.
The FIA’s tender process to find a supplier is underway, and Pirelli’s motorsport chief Paul Hembrey has admitted that the idea is being considered if they remain in the sport past 2016.
“It’s something very hard to do, but if we are to remain in the sport for ’17 we could really look at doing something like this,” he said,
“If we were able to choose from a wider range then we’d have more certainty to deliver the two-to-three-stop races [we were asked to deliver].
“As far as the public is concerned it would be a hard and a medium tyre, but we would be able to choose from three versions of the hard and three versions of the medium.
“Or to be more current, the supersoft we’ve just seen in Monaco and Canada would be quite different to the supersoft you would see in Singapore.”
Hembrey stated that there would be no need to change the way they display the rubber to the public, believing any changes to their marking system would just create confusion.
“For the public, I don’t think we need to do anything different as it would just create confusion. It would be too complex.
“The fans have only just got used to what they see now, they like the colours, they get that and they are quite easy to see.
“That works so you don’t really want to create any more variation on that.”
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