Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will take to the track at Mugello for a Pirelli tyre test on Friday.
It comes as Pirelli, F1’s sole tyre supplier, makes its ‘final assessments’ of the new tyres for the F1 2026 season.
Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc to appear in Pirelli tyre test at Mugello
The F1 rules will be overhauled next season as the sport embraces 50 per cent electrification, fully sustainable fuels and active aerodynamics as the chassis and engine regulations change simultaneously.
The tyres will also be made narrower with the fronts reduced by 25 millimetres and the rear tyres made 30mm narrower.
A number of teams have provided so-called mule cars – heavily modified versions of their current-specification machines, designed to simulate the aerodynamic forc