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Whitmarsh: Pirelli should have made ‘the right call'
Pirelli certainly do make a good tire. I know from experience and while we could all argue for weeks over who makes the best tire for your road car or track car, I can attest to having Pirelli on all my cars and the performance and wear-rate I am experiencing. In short, I'm a happy customer. However, Pirelli has been asked to make a high degradation tire for Formula One and this has now morphed into a 'Gate' in 2013 which McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says might have bee avoided if Pirelli were a little tougher on dissenting teams.
Whitmarsh reckons Pirelli should have held their ground and demanded a tire change regardless of unanimity from all teams:
'As I said to Pirelli for quite a few...
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