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Teams bickering over 2017 F1 tyre testing

Teams bickering over 2017 F1 tyre testing 2017 F1 tyre testing: F1 teams are bickering over how best to prepare for the radically-different technical rules for 2017 . It is expected that the draft regulations will be presented at the strategy group meeting on 24 November, with wider cars and tyres to slash up to 5 seconds per lap off the average laptime of today. According to Auto Motor und Sport, however, Pirelli is arguing that its much-faster tyres, with more grip and to withstand higher aerodynamic loads, will require extensive testing. In short, the cars of today are simply too slow to provide meaningful feedback to F1's official tyre supplier, who are keen to avoid the kinds of...
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