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Austria GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

Nico Rosberg used Pirelli's ultrasoft tyre to set the fastest lap ever recorded around the Red Bull Ring, which has been resurfaced for this year and has already produced a notable upturn in speed compared to 2015. The Mercedes driver clocked a best lap of 1m07.373s during FP1 before joining his fellow drivers in sitting out more than 30 minutes of FP2 as torrential rain coated the 4.326-kilometre circuit. When the track began to dry out, the drivers had to run on intermediate tyre. It wasn't until the final 20 minutes that teams were able to use dry-weather tyres once again with the popular choice ranging between the supersoft and ultrasoft. Having used the ultrasoft in FP1, Mercedes...
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