Pirelli mystified as F1 teams reject chance to race blanket-free inters

Earlier this year, the teams agreed to allow blanket-free full wets from the Emilia Romagna GP onwards.

After the Imola event was cancelled, the tyres were used for the first time by three drivers in the Monaco race and were then tried by the whole field in FP3 in Canada.

As Pirelli works towards the possible introduction of blanket-free slicks for 2024, the company wanted to fast-track its new intermediates into race weekend use within this season.

The Singapore GP was…