Pirelli announces 2017 tyre testing schedule

As reported by Motorsport.com on Tuesday, the Italian squad will take to Fiorano on 1-2 August to start working on next year's rubber.

However, Ferrari will carry out wet-tyre testing only, with the track artificially dampened.

The Maranello squad will used a modified Ferrari SF15-T car for the test.

Red Bull will be in charge of testing slicks on 3-4 August at the Mugello circuit, also with a modified 2015 car.

The third test with modified 2015 machinery will be at Paul Ricard in September, with Mercedes in charge of testing duties.

Each team will undertake the testing equivalent to seven days per car and will be obliged to share all the data gathered with the other teams.

In total there will be 10 days of testing, including a final session to validate all the data with the three teams in Abu Dhabi in November.

Testing schedule

Session	Date	Days	Circuit	Car	Tyres
1	Aug 1-2	2	Fiorano	Ferrari	Wets
2	Aug 3-4	2	Mugello	Red Bull	Slicks
3	Sep 6-7	2	Barcelona	Ferrari	Slicks
4	Sep 6-7-8	3	Paul Ricard	Mercedes	Slicks
5	Sep 21-22	2	Paul Ricard	Mercedes	Wets
6	Oct 12-13	2	Barcelona	Mercedes	Slicks
7	Oct 14-15-16	3	Abu Dhabi	Red Bull	Slicks
8	Nov 2-3	2	Abu Dhabi	Red Bull	Wets
9	Nov 14-15-16	3	Abu Dhabi	Ferrari	Slicks
10	Nov-29	3	Abu Dhabi	All	Final validation