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Teams unaware of Pirelli tyre construction changes

Pirelli secretly altered the construction of its Formula 1 tyres in preparation for 2016, changes which even teams were unaware were being made. That is the claim of the British magazine F1 Racing, reporting that the addition of the ‘ultra soft' compound is not the only change being introduced by the sport's official supplier for the new season. The report said 'major changes' have also been made to the actual construction of the 2016 tyre. It was reportedly tested at the end-of-season test in Abu Dhabi last November, where representatives of the media was controversially barred from attending. Not only that, even the teams 'were not made aware of the change until after the test', F1...
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