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Horner: Only Merc would object to changing tyres

Christian Horner has said that this season's Pirelli tyres hugely favour Mercedes, and that last year's should be brought back for the sake of competition and entertainment.  Mercedes have completely dominated the 2019 season, winning every race and getting a 1-2 in all but one. This has left the rest of the grid playing catch up and Horner, the Red Bull team principal, has put the German team's dominance down to the new tyres. “The tyre was made thinner and stiffer gauge and profile for this year,” he told Sky. “That, therefore, takes an awful lot more energy and it’s an awful lot harder to get the tyre going and to generate that heat in the tyre. “Mercedes, when we ran these...
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