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Pirelli: Low degradation could lead to gambles

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli says wear and degradation at the Monaco Grand Prix is 'practically zero', which could lead to alternative strategies during Sunday's race. Following several years of producing high-degradation tyres, Pirelli has moved to the other end of the spectrum in 2017, with rubber lasting for an extensive period of time. Pirelli has brought the Ultrasoft, Supersoft and Soft tyres to the Circuit de Monaco, and accepts that softer one-event specific compounds would ideally be required. Pirelli Head of Car Racing Mario Isola has also suggested that some drivers may attempt to negotiate Q2 on the Supersoft tyres, consequently starting on the red-banding rubber...
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