20/07/2026
Pirelli Motorsport is part of the Formula SAE Italy 2026 ecosystem, and this year the company has just gone through one of its most significant product resets in over a decade.
With a brand new generation of race cars on track in 2026, Pirelli has reworked its entire tyre range from scratch, new dimensions, new compounds and a redesigned sidewall, all engineered to match the different loads, speeds and behaviour of the new vehicles.
It is a process that mirrors exactly what the student teams competing at Autodromo di Varano de' Melegari go through every season. A new car means new dynamics, and every component, down to tyre choice and setup, has to be studied and validated before it can perform on track.
Pirelli's approach shows how much research sits behind something as familiar as a tyre, and why that attention to detail matters just as much in student motorsport as it does at the highest level of racing.
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