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Teams regularly updating Pirelli with 2017 performance
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F1 teams are regularly sharing their latest projections for the performance of the 2017 cars with Pirelli. New regulations for 2017 are intended to make cars up to five seconds per lap faster through modified aerodynamics and wider tyres. With the first tests of the 2017-size tyres taking place this week - thanks to Ferrari and Red Bull in Italy - mule cars are being used to simulate the greater loads on the tyres. Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan says teams have to keep Pirelli informed of their expected performance levels in order to ensure the tyres can be made to a specification capable of dealing with the increased downforce. "We agreed within the...
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