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Perez slams Pirelli for ‘embarrassing’ pace

Sergio Perez says Pirelli is to blame for the “embarrassing” gap between F1 lap times and those in GP2 in Spain. Lewis Hamilton was quickest on Friday with a best time of 1:25.524, but behind Mercedes the quickest lap was a 1:26.509 from Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull. That compares to Stephane Richelmi's GP2 pole time of 1:29.293 – which would have been quick enough for 17th fastest in FP2 – and Perez says Pirelli being too conservative is the main reason for the close gap. Asked by Crash.net if he found this season boring from a driver's point of view, Perez replied: “It's not boring, but the problem is that Pirelli is not helping us at all. “It is not helping us to push, to...
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