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Pirelli want top level tyre test commitment

Pirelli want triple champion Lewis Hamilton and other top Formula One drivers to find time in their crowded schedules for tyre testing ahead of potentially major changes in 2017, motorsport director Paul Hembery said on Thursday. The 2016 sporting regulations allow the sole tyre supplier up to six carefully controlled two-day tests during the course of the season. However, with an unprecedented 21 grands prix on the calendar as well as an August factory shutdown and two regular in-season team tests, the scheduling is not straightforward. Formula One has promised faster, more powerful and louder cars for 2017 but the technical specifications have yet to be finalised amid talk of a general...
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