April 24th, 2013 (F1plus).- Amid all the noise and criticism surrounding Pirelli's approach to formula one, the Italian marque has won the backing of Bernie Ecclestone. Many drivers, experts, pundits and teams - and particularly world champions Red Bull - have been strong in their criticism of the 'show'-oriented formula created by heavily degrading control tyres. "If the tyres lasted from January to December," F1 chief executive Ecclestone told Reuters, "there'd be something else to talk about. "What is good about this (situation) is that it really comes back a little bit to what it used to be when the guys had to look after their brakes and gearboxes and things like...
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