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Pirelli demands intensive testing for 2017

F1’s sole tyre manufacturer Pirelli will face a big challenge next year when brand-new, wider tyres celebrate their debut. The Italians are looking forward to the 2017 campaign, however they would welcome more teams involved in their 2017 in-season testing programme. Pirelli rejoined F1 in 2011 after an absence of 20 years. Its approach to racing, its fast-degrading tyres, wet weather tyres have been criticised since then while Pirelli has complained about the lack of testing which allegedly made it very hard to develop their products, especially its intermediate and wet weather tyres. Despite to the criticism and clash of views, Pirelli extended its contract last May. The company was...
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