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Pirelli to add super-super-soft as part of tyre shake-up

Formula 1's tyre supplier, Pirelli, will add an additional compound to its line-up for 2016, expanding the range from four to five, with the fifth compound a super-super-soft. The change is part of wider shake-up of the tyre rules for next season, in the hope it will create different strategies and allow teams to take a more aggressive of conservative route. At present Pirelli nominate two dry compounds from a possible four for each race weekend, both of which must be used at least once during the race. However in 2016, it's believed they will move to a new system whereby Pirelli nominate three compounds, one of which will be mandatory, again this will be chosen by Pirelli, whilst the...
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