Hankook has ruled out becoming Formula 1 tyre supplier in 2014 if Pirelli does not agree a new contract. The South Korean company, which currently supplies tyres in a number of categories including the DTM and the Formula 3 European Championship, is open to a move to grand prix racing in the future. But the company's DTM competition engineer Michael Eckert has confirmed it is too late to consider such a move next year. He added that the lack of testing opportunities could also stymie such a move in the long term. "For 2014, it's completely impossible not only because of the lack of tyre development time," he told AUTOSPORT when asked about the viability of a move into F1 next...
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