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Horner says Pirelli should bankroll Bahrain F1 test
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has questioned the need to hold a pre-season test in Bahrain next year, and says Pirelli should bankroll it if it wants teams to run there. Mercedes is leading a push to get pre-season testing shifted to the Sakhir circuit next year, because tyre supplier Pirelli wants more representative running of the 2017 wider tyres than is possible at Barcelona. But teams are split on the matter, and Red Bull thinks that it would be 'irresponsible' on smaller outfits to force them to fork out for testing outside of Europe. With the FIA awaiting a letter from Pirelli to explain exactly why it wants to test in Bahrain, Horner has suggested that either F1's tyre supplier...
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