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Pirelli mandated tyre pressures under fire at Spa

Pirelli's tyres are back in the spotlight at Spa-Francorchamps after many drivers complained about tyres that are blistering within a single practice lap of the Belgian layout Veteran Felipe Massa described the pressures prescribed by Pirelli this weekend as ridiculous, 'The (high) pressures are a joke.' 'I've never had a car like it here at Spa or pressures like this in my life,' he said. 'Maybe it helps them with failing or cuts, but this is ridiculous.' Not only that, teams were asked to test unmarked prototype tyres in practice – a new construction – that Pirelli wants to debut in Malaysia in October. But Manor's Pascal Wehrlein told Auto Motor und Sport: 'We found that...
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