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Penalties for illegal tyre pressures remain a gray area

After the FIA and Pirelli moved to clear up the Formula 1 tyre pressure controversy, it still is not clear whether drivers might be penalised this weekend in Singapore and beyond. Instead of disqualifying Lewis Hamilton at Monza, after his tyre was found to be 0.3 PSI under Pirelli's mandated minimum, F1's governing body declared that the process for measuring the pressures should be cleared up. Teams were informed of the new procedure, in the form of a FIA technical directive, in Singapore. Now, after the five-minute board is shown ahead of the race, Pirelli and the FIA can scour the grid and check that the cars are conforming to the rules. But Pirelli chief Paul Hembery said on Friday...
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