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Pirelli tyre tweaks allow for lower pressures

Amid criticism from teams and drivers, Pirelli are in the process of lowering the tyre pressure limits on a race-by-race basis, according to Auto Motor und Sport, which suggests that the Italian manufacturer has changed the construction of the tyres for this purpose. At Spa-Francorchamps the required pressures were 23.5 PSI for the front tyres and 22.0 PSI for the rears. After day one at Spa drivers were not happy, with Williams' Felipe Massa the most vocal, 'The [high] pressures are a joke.' 'I’ve never had a car like it here at Spa or pressures like this in my life. Maybe it helps them with failing or cuts, but this is ridiculous,” added the F1 veteran. However at Monza things...
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