The WRC's control tyre manufacturer said after Rally Sardinia that it would wait to see how its tyres performed during the Safari Rally, arguably the toughest test on the championship calendar, before deciding whether or not to make changes.
This season some drivers have been critical of the strength of the tyres following a spate of failures when teams were using the wet tarmac tyre in Croatia, and the revised gravel tyre during a particularly rough Rally Portugal in May.
