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Teams force Pirelli to alter tyre pressure restrictions

Formula 1 teams have won an argument with Pirelli over tyre pressures on the first day of the Italian grand Prix weekend at the high speed Monza circuit. After the blowout saga of Spa-Francorchamps, F1's official supplier informed teams on Thursday that they wanted an increase of 5 PSI in pressure for the similarly high-speed Monza. Lewis Hamilton predicted that would be a 'disaster'. 'I hope they don't put 5 PSI more,' he said. 'A couple is ok.' An unnamed team engineer told Auto Motor und Sport: 'If the cause for the Vettel blow was a puncture, then putting up the pressures is not the right answer. None of us have experience with that. The highest we have used is 21 PSI.' Indeed,...
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