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Pirelli: Barcelona degradation levels 'not typical'

Pirelli are confident that drivers will not experience the unusually high levels of tyre degradation seen in last week’s Barcelona testing at next month’s opening round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship in Australia.Degradation at the Circuit de Catalunya was such that it prompted speculation that March’s Melbourne race could see twice as many pit stops as in 2012. However, Pirelli insisted that testing conditions in Spain were not representative of what can be expected at Grands Prix this season.“The teams experienced quite high degradation in Barcelona, and that was really down to the weather,” said Paul Hembery, Pirelli’s motorsport...
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