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Pirelli hard tyre unlikely to be seen again before Japan

Pirelli has admitted that the unloved hard tyre might only be used again at the Japanese GP after it proved to be a conservative choice in Barcelona. The hard was used for installation runs early in FP1 and was quickly abandoned by teams so they could focus on the mediums and softs. Force India technical director Andy Green summed up the views of the pitlane when he noted: "I think it's so far out of bed for this generation of car, at the moment, I can't see us ever wanting to use it." Pirelli now looks likely to abandon its original plan to use the hard at Silverstone, having postponed the announcement of its British GP choices until after the Barcelona weekend, when the usual...
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