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Ferrari drivers call for better wet tyres
Ferrari duo Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel have called for improvements to Formula 1's wet tyres, as they believe they are a big contributing factor to cars not being able to run in poor conditions. The length of the safety car start at the British Grand Prix, plus the number of red flag incidents in Q1 in Hungary, have re-opened the debate about just how well the current generation of cars can run in wet weather. Raikkonen believes that the main issue is that the current extreme tyre does not remove enough water from the track, which can cause aquaplaning. "The wet tyres, what we have now, in my view, they should handle better cleaning the water," he said. "They are...
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