Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane has been left scratching his head by the choice of tyres Pirelli has made for the forthcoming races in Britain, Germany and Hungary.F1's sole tyre supplier revealed its decision during the week but, having had time to digest the information, Permane admits that, in his opinion, the choices 'make no sense' in light of other combinations selected over the past year.With the introduction of Pirelli's revised medium compound, complete with Kevlar rather than steel 'belt', now ruled out for the foreseeable future thanks to the inability of all teams to agree to its use, the Italian company will take the two hardest tyres in its range – the...
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