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Tyre construction change was title tipping point - Alonso

Fernando Alonso: "When they changed the tyres, we said bye bye" Getty Images Enlarge Fernando Alonso believes the change in tyre construction midway through this season was the point at which Ferrari's title hopes fell apart. Pirelli got clearance from all the teams to revert to its 2012 tyre construction after the 2013 design suffered multiple blowouts during the British Grand Prix. When racing on the performance-orientated but quick-degrading 2013 construction Alonso won in China and Spain, but the more stable 2012 specification has seen Red Bull eke out an even bigger advantage in recent rounds. "I think we started in a good way, we were competitive in Australia, maybe...
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