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Pirelli wants 2017 F1 testing to be in Middle East 

Formula 1's sole tyre supplier Pirelli wants pre-season testing to be carried out in the Middle East next February, rather than at the usual Spanish tracks, to be sure of better weather. 'We would prefer to go somewhere like Bahrain or Abu Dhabi,' Pirelli's motorsport head Paul Hembery told the official F1 website. 'The temperatures will be representative and we know the tracks very well. We definitely would want to go to representative tracks.' Pre-season testing, along with the launches of the new cars, has been carried out at Spain's Barcelona, Valencia and Jerez tracks in recent years to help teams cut costs and make logistics easier. All the teams are based in Europe. The early races...
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