Pirelli struggling to find test dates in busy 2022 F1 calendar

As a result the company is set to rely on some Friday FP2 running later in the year in order to trial its prototype tyres for next season.

The rules allow for 25 car days of dry and wet tyre testing, focussed on the development for the following season, which this year will be conducted with current machinery rather than the mule cars used in 2021.

The only realistic dates available are at European circuits where the Grand Prix are not followed immediately by a back-to-back…