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Reflecting On The Season So Far: Tyre Trouble

Tyres have been the talk for much of the 2013 season. Since entering the sport in 2011, Pirelli promised to spice up the racing with more degradable tyres that lead to greater differences in strategy. But this year, the Italian tyre company has been surrounded by controversy, following numerous failures as well as a controversial tyre test with Mercedes. Things came to a dramatic head at Silverstone in a chaotic British Grand Prix. The question many people within the sport are now asking is whether they have gone too far. Pirelli is in an unenviable position, and it seems unlikely that they will always be able to please everyone.  To give them their credit, they have done exactly what...
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