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Pirelli introduces two new F1 tyre compounds for 2018

Pirelli will expand its dry weather Formula 1 tyre range to seven compounds for 2018 with the introduction of the superhard and the hypersoft. The Italian supplier says the compounds in the 2018 "rainbow" range with be "considerably softer" compared to 2017. The first new tyre will be the orange superhard, slotting in as the hardest of the range. It will be what Pirelli describes as its "insurance policy" given the other compounds have gone softer for next season. The other new entry is the hypersoft, which will be pink and the softest of the range, with the name chosen via a fan poll on social media. It received 62 percent of the vote, beating off the two...
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