Pirelli’s second new tire shall be utilized in quite a few races on the WorldSBK within the Netherlands, the Italian producer has confirmed.
Pirelli introduced new entrance tires to the Portuguese spherical on the finish of March. Many riders used this machine all through the weekend, together with the race, and lots of crashed whereas utilizing it. Nicolo Brega received all three races utilizing the usual SC1 entrance tire.
At Assen, Pirelli is switching focus from entrance to rear as the brand new F0298 debuts. This tire is a variant of the SC0, however Pirelli has not confirmed whether or not it’s the compound or building that has modified in comparison with the usual model.
In 2025, all Pirelli growth rear tires obtain the ‘E0’ designation and the usual compound construction has been up to date. Just like final yr’s growth, Pirelli says the F0298 goals to “ship improved stability and better consistency of efficiency throughout the race distance.”
The F0298 shall be positioned alongside the usual SC0, SCX and SC1 within the rear allocation, which means there shall be no SCQ tires within the Netherlands this weekend (April 17-19). Up entrance, there are customary SC1 and SC2 selections.
“The 2026 World SBK Pirelli Netherlands Spherical brings the championship to some of the iconic tracks in world motorcycling, the TT Circuit Assen,” stated Giorgio Barbier, Pirelli Motorbike Racing Director.
“Quick and technical, Assen has a mixture of gradual, medium and high-speed corners, and the customarily changeable climate has performed a decisive position in race outcomes for a few years.
“For the third spherical, confirming our continued growth efforts aimed toward enhancing single-lap efficiency and additional enhancing consistency throughout the race distance, Pirelli will supply groups and riders a newly developed gentle rear answer, F0298.”
“This tire could possibly be a viable different to the usual SC0, with the goal of enhancing stability whereas guaranteeing a excessive degree of consistency in racing situations.
“Because of the traits of the circuit and the potential low temperatures, we selected the supersoft SCX for qualifying and the Tremendous Pole race. This was often called the event tire E0126 till final season and has change into a part of the usual tire from this yr.”
“For a similar purpose, riders also can depend on the medium SC1 rear in chilly situations as a substitute for the usual and growth gentle choices.”
Pirelli’s approval of the allocation to Assen comes after Davide Tardozzi advised that latest growth progress was as a result of impending transfer to MotoGP, with Pirelli changing into the only real tire provider in 2027, leaving World Superbike after greater than 20 years because the official tire provider for the production-derived collection.
