![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/f1-u-turns-on-planned-2023-rule-change-after-verstappen-and-norris-complaints/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Mario-Isola-Lando-Norris-main-GETTY.png&description=Formula 1 chiefs have scrap a planned rule change for next season after drivers spoke out against it. Tyre blankets have been a hot topic in recent times. They are used to warm up tyres on cars before they head out onto the track, but there are plans to get rid of them by the 2024 season which have already begun to take effect. This year teams are permitted to heat tyres to 70 degrees Celsius, which is cooler than what was permitted in 2021. The next stage of the plan was to reduce that figure to 50 degrees next year, but that idea has now been scrapped in the wake of the Pirelli tyre test in Austin last month. Drivers practiced using the 2023 compounds heated to 50 degrees, and found it very difficult to get them warmed up once out on track. It meant a lot of traction problems and fears being raised that the risk of crashing at high speeds would be a lot higher. Max Verstappen was one of those to point out the problem. "It was not enjoyable. I drove on 50 degrees and I almost spun in the pit lane. I also had the hardest compound but I think there is a lot more to it," said the Red Bull racer, adding: "I think we will have a lot of crashes, that I know already." Lando Norris agreed, telling reporters: "It's an unsafe thing rather than it just doesn't feel as nice to drive. "A current era F1 car, which is designed so specifically with all the aero and stuff, it's not made to go out on cold tyres. Once you go to a much colder race track, or if it is a little bit damp or something, everyone is going to shunt the car at some point. No driver wants it, basically." Tyre warmers are used to help the tyres gain instant grip when they head out on track (Image: Getty Images) Speaking to The Race, Pirelli motorsport director Mario Isola confirmed that the company would "listen to drivers" and scrap the 50 degrees plan in 2023. But the tyre maker still plans to get rid of the blankets completely in 2024, and will be creating brand new compounds to offset the grip problem. "I do){kind=link}
F1 bosses were planning to make a major change to tyre preparation next season, but it will no longer be happening after drivers banded together to voice their opposition
Formula 1 chiefs have scrap a planned rule change for next season after drivers spoke out against it.
Tyre blankets have been a hot topic in recent times. They are used to warm up tyres on cars before they head out onto the track, but there are plans to get rid of them by the 2024 season which have already begun to take effect.
This year teams are permitted to heat tyres to 70 degrees Celsius, which is cooler than what was permitted in 2021. The next stage of the plan was to reduce that figure to 50 degrees next year, but that idea has now been scrapped in the wake of the Pirelli tyre test in Austin last month.
Drivers practiced using the 2023 compounds heated to 50 degrees, and found it very difficult to get them warmed up once out on track. It meant a lot of traction problems and fears being raised that the risk of crashing at high speeds would be a lot higher.