Teams and riders in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship will have plenty of tyre choices at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto with Pirelli unveiling their solutions for the season-ending Prometeon Spanish Round. The SCQ tyre returns after being dropped from the allocation for Portimao, while the soft, medium, and hard compounds are available for the front tyre choice to give everyone lots of potential options throughout the round.
SCQ RETURNS: Superpole tyre is back; soft and super soft solutions available at the rear
Pirelli opted not to bring the SCQ tyre to Portimao but have added it back into the allocation for the season-ending visit to Jerez. It will, as always, be available to use in the Tissot Superpole session and Tissot Superpole Race. For the feature length races, teams will have a range of solutions available. There are two SCX super soft tyres available with the standard once again alongside the B0800 development SCX-A compound. The SC0 soft is the other compound available for the rear.
FRONT SOLUTIONS: choices throughout the range
At the front, there are three different options for everyone to choose from. The SC0 development soft continues to be evaluated with the C0927 specification, designed with a different compound compared to the B1148 to provide more grip at the front axle. Also available at Jerez are the standard SC1 medium and SC2 hard solutions, meaning teams and riders have lots of decisions to make with regards to tyre choice at Jerez.
CHOICES IN WorldSSP: three at the front, two rear options
In WorldSSP, there are three front tyre choices as well. The standard SC1 soft and standard SC1-B medium solutions, the WorldSBK tyre still being evaluated for use in WorldSSP, are joined by the new SC1-A development soft in B1333 specification. It made its debut at Magny-Cours and was widely used at both Aragon and Portimao and is designed to last longer and guarantee more consistency over a race distance. At the rear, two standard compounds are available. The SCX super soft is joined by the SC0 soft as the only available options.
PIRELLI SAYS: “This season, our efforts have focused above all on the development of the SCQ”
Discussing the tyre allocation Pirelli’s Motorcycle Racing Director, Giorgio Barbier, said: “The Jerez round marks the end of Pirelli’s twentieth season as sole supplier for all classes of the Superbike World Championship. For the grand finale that will decide the 2023 Champion in the premier class, we have brought practically our entire range with the three front options and all the rear ones that have been used most during the year. This season, our efforts have focused above all on the development of the SCQ to increase its mileage and allow its use in the Superpole Race, an objective we achieved with the new C0004 specification which has been used successfully in recent rounds. However, we still have some open points regarding the front SC1 solution for the WorldSSP class, let’s see how the new B1333 specification will behave in Jerez and then we will decide whether or not it can become the new reference SC1 for the Supersport class starting from next season. In this class at Jerez, we will have several wildcards and one event riders who race with Pirelli in national teams and who, also thanks to the co-presence of Pirelli in the World Championship and in the national championships, can demonstrate their talent on an international stage.”
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Source: WorldSBK.com