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Teams must choose Australia tyre compounds next week
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F1 teams will have to choose their tyre compounds for the Australian Grand Prix next week as a result of new regulations. For 2016, Pirelli will nominate three compounds per race weekend, with each driver receiving 13 sets for the three days of track running. Of those 13 sets, Pirelli will select two sets which have to be allocated for the race (of which a driver must use one set), while a set of the softest available compound may only be used in Q3 to ensure a pole position shootout featuring all ten cars. The teams are then able to select any combination of the compounds to complete the remaining ten sets of tyres as they wish. However, this must be done so well in...
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