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Lauda slams F1 tyre situation as fundamentally wrong
19 March, 2013 Pirelli 2013 F1 tyres selection
Mercedes F1 team boss and TV pundit Niki Lauda has slammed the tyre situation in Formula 1, accusing Pirelli and the FIA of confusing the fans.
'The situation with the tyres is absolutely stupid,' the forthright triple world champion, broadcaster and Mercedes team chairman and shareholder said.
'Artificially creating more and more pitstops is wrong,' Lauda told German newspaper Bild.
'Pirelli can't really help it as they are only doing what the FIA ordered them to do, but 90 per cent of the time no one understands what is happening in the races now.'
Pole sitter Sebastian Vettel finished the 2013 season opener third on Sunday, while Lotus'...
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