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Pirelli hopes to make Russian GP a 2- or 3-stopper

 XPB Images Pirelli motorsport chief Paul Hembery hopes that softer tyre nominations for this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix will make the race a two- or three-stopper, and avoid a repeat of last year’s processional affair. Formula One’s sole tyre supplier made a deliberately conservative choice ahead of its maiden visit to Sochi Autodrom, which allowed most of the field to stop only once on the soft and medium compounds. In an effort to increase tyre degradation and spice up the racing, Pirelli has selected the two softest P-Zeros in its range this year. “There were a number of question marks that we faced coming to the Sochi circuit for the first time last year – as is...
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