Finally a high mileage day at Magny-Cours (France) on the second day of a test of Pirelli wet weather tyres for the 2026 season, with BWT Alpine F1 Team providing the car and driver. Jack Doohan was at the wheel of an A523, modified to accept the size of wheel rim to be used as from 2026. The Australian did 106 laps, all on an artificially watered track, the quickest in a time of 1’27”352. Today’s work thus partially made up for time lost yesterday. The programme focused mainly on assessing prototype extreme wet tyres, with a few runs on intermediates.
This was the third and final test session, all of them lasting two days, which Pirelli has completed this year, aimed at the 2026 season. Prior to this one, there were sessions at the Barcelona and Mugello tracks, running dry weather tyres. These tests will resume in 2025, while on Tuesday 10 December at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit, there will be a test for all teams to assess for the first time the final version of the dry weather tyres for the 2025 season.