South Africa produces a minimum of 170 000 tons of waste tyres a year. These used tyres pollute the landscape, especially when burned in the informal economy to access wire to sell as scrap metal.
Pirelli has also revealed which sets of tyres are left for a dry track race. Verstappen has two sets of new hard tyres, one set of new mediums and one set of used mediums, plus three sets of new softs ...