Formula 1 responds to tyre exploding crisis by allowing more testing 1 July, 2013 Pirelli tyre technicians at work during the British GP weekend The world of Formula 1 has already begun to respond to the crisis triggered by Sunday's tyre-exploding British Grand Prix, with the sport's bosses agreeing to unlimited testing in order to get the problems ironed out. Earlier this year, because Pirelli insisted the problem was merely aesthetic rather than a matter of safety, a few teams blocked moves to introduce a new tyre to stop delaminations. DPA news agency said the most powerful men in Formula 1 – Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt – met at Silverstone and arranged for...
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