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Pirelli urged to rethink 2017 F1 tyres
Pirelli is facing calls from Formula 1 drivers for a rethink in its approach to tyres for 2017, in a bid to allow cars to be push to the maximum again. The Italian tyre company came into F1 with a request to deliver degrading rubber in a bid to improve the spectacle and mix things up. However, that approach has often left drivers frustrated because they are having to manage their tyres throughout races rather than being able to push flat out. Now, following discussions in the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), fuelled by the results of its Global Fan Survey last year, there is a push for that approach to be changed from 2017. GPDA chairman Alex Wurz says that drivers are unanimous that...
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