Pirelli bring new development SC1 rear tyre for Most, no SCQ or SCX available
Pirelli have opted not to make the softest tyres available at the demanding Autodrom Most, while there’s a new development solution at the rear
Just a week on from a thrilling visit to the UK, the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is back in action. This time, the incredible Autodrom Most hosts the Championship for Round 6 as the halfway point of the season is hit. Ahead of the Czech Round, tyre supplier Pirelli have announced their solutions for this weekend with a development rear SC1 compound on the table but no SCQ or SCX tyre available throughout the weekend.
REAR TYRE OPTIONS: two medium compounds, no SCQ or SCX
The Most circuit is high-speed with fast corners and a couple of heavy braking zones, which means Pirelli have opted to bring harder tyres for the round. The only compound available at the rear is the medium, in two different solutions. The standard SC1 medium is available as is the SC1-A development medium, coded the D0286, making its debut. It has been designed with the same compound as the standard tyre, but with a different structure with the aim of offering consistent behaviour over a race with consistent handling. For the Tissot Superpole and Tissot Superpole Race, the SC0 tyre is the softest available.
AT THE FRONT: medium and hard only
As with the rear, harder options are the order of the weekend for the front. The softest available tyre is the standard SC1 medium option and that is joined by the standard SC2 hard. The SC2, when compared to the SC1, offers better mechanical resistance and greater protection from wear which, at such a demanding circuit, could prove to be crucial at the end of the race.
WORLD SUPERSPORT CHOICES: standard solutions all round
In WorldSSP, the solutions all come from the standard range and, like in WorldSBK, are harder than previous rounds. At the rear, the SC0 soft and the SC1 medium are available – at some tracks, the SCX is available for WorldSSP but not at Most. For the front, the SC1 soft and SC2 medium tyres are the ones available for the World Supersport field.
PIRELLI SAYS: “It is also one of the most demanding of the season for tyres!”
Explaining the tyre choices, Pirelli’s Motorcycle Racing Director, Giorgio Barbier, said: "The Most circuit, with its classic, fast layout, is known to provide spectacular racing, but it is also one of the most demanding of the season for tyres. Along with Phillip Island, it is one of the tracks where we prefer to shift the allocation towards combinations with more durable solutions, which offer greater protection from wear. Following this logic, in WorldSBK, for the rear tyres, in addition to the standard SC1, we will introduce the new development SC1 in D0286 specification. This solution features the same compound as the standard tyre but has a different structure and has been created with the aim of offering very consistent behaviour over race distance while ensuring excellent levels of handling. For Superpole and the Superpole Race, instead of the normally allocated SCQ, there will be the standard SC0. Also, in WorldSSP, the rear options will be harder than usual, with the SC1 replacing the SCX as an alternative to the SC0."
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