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Pirelli boss calls for new test rules

The tyres may have held up on the Nuerburgring course at last weekend's Formula One German Grand Prix, but the motorsport boss of tyre manufacture Pirelli said the lingering discussion about tyre safety is far from over. Paul Hembrey is calling for new testing rules in light of the tyre disaster at Silverstone - in which four drivers suffered blowouts on June 30 - and the pending massive overhaul of the race cars. "We are not talking about going back entirely to the old testing, but that the drivers just can return to the track. That would not only help us, but everyone involved in the sport," Hembrey said in an interview with the German Press Agency dpa. Test rules have...
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