Give us F1 vehicles to test the tyres, Pirelli urges teams
Italian firm says teams should stop griping and provide F1 cars to fix the rubber problem
Pirelli have urged Formula One teams to give them the tools to do their job rather than complaining their tyres are not good enough.
The Italian company was again in the line of fire at the weekend's Korean Grand Prix, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Mark Webber complaining about how quickly the tyres wore out.
McLaren's Sergio Perez suffered an explosive delamination of his front right tyre during the race at Yeongam, which left debris strewn across the track and brought out the safety car.
The incident was reminiscent, in terms of drama, of the spate of blowouts earlier in the season that triggered safety fears and forced Pirelli to return to last year's structure with 2013 compounds.
Pirelli motorsport head Paul Hembery said there were no worries about the Perez incident, but there was real concern about how the tyres would behave next year when the rules change significantly and a new V6 turbocharged engine was introduced.
A planned tyre test with McLaren in Austin, Texas, before next month's US Grand Prix was cancelled after objections that it could favour the former champions, who are fighting Force India for fifth place overall.