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Top teams get huge advantage from 2017 Pirelli tyre tests

Formula 1's top three teams are getting a huge advantage by helping Pirelli test and develop the bigger tyres for 2017. While Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull put up their hands to modify 2015 cars for the higher downforce of next year, McLaren-Honda decided against taking part in the Pirelli testing. 'We believe it was better not to get distracted,' said team boss Eric Boullier. But Andy Green, the technical boss at Force India, thinks the three big teams are getting a big head start by doing Pirelli's on-track work. 'The three teams that have built test cars for Pirelli are getting a huge advantage,' he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. 'All the others will only get their first...
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