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Pirelli plays down ‘extreme' wear of 2013 tyres

By Editor on Friday, February 22, 2013 The alarm in the paddock about Pirelli's 2013 tyres is growing louder with every day. The latest shock is the performance of the new ‘supersoft' tyre, which – to the circus' collective surprise – will be supplied to teams in Melbourne next month. Williams' Pastor Maldonado tried the compound in Barcelona on Thursday, and – according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport – it proved not only unpredictable and heavily-degrading, but also slower than the harder ‘soft' variant. But in truth, now is not the time for the sport to panic about the prospect of ten-stop pit strategies in 2013. Sergio Perez had put voice to the...
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