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Pirelli is tired of it and threatens to quit F1

As teams continue to argue about whether or not Pirelli should change its current series of F1 slick tyres, Pirelli itself is getting tired of the lack of contract for next year, claiming it is running out of time. Soon after the Spanish GP where most required 4 pitstops to get to the end of the race, Pirelli announced it would revise its tyres to make sure that the amount of pitstops is kept under control. The company targets to 2 pitstops on average and was surprised itself to see how its tyres were suffering at Bahrain and Spain especially. That announcement however included a change of tyre contruction, something that influences the aerodynamic properties. Soon after, the FIA stepped...
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