2013 · TECHNICAL
2013 Technical Regulations
2013 was the last year of the V8 2.4L era. Few significant technical rewrites — the focus was entirely on preparing for the 2014 turbo-hybrid reset. Pirelli introduced a more-conservative-than-planned 2013 tyre construction after the British GP tyre-failure spate at Silverstone; the 'Kevlar-banded' construction introduced mid-season eliminated the failures. DRS and KERS continued as in 2011-2012.
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Silverstone tyre crisis
The 2013 British GP saw multiple high-speed tyre blowouts across the grid. Pirelli urgently redesigned the tyre construction — a Kevlar-banded revision was introduced from the German GP two weeks later. The fix eliminated failures but shifted performance characteristics, briefly advantaging teams that had adapted to the originally aggressive 2013 compound. This event pushed Pirelli and the FIA toward much more conservative construction philosophy.
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