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Newey: Going back to the 2012 Pirelli tyres clearly helped us

Newey: Going back to the 2012 Pirelli tyres clearly helped us 30 October, 2013 Adrian Newey during the Canadian GP weekend Red Bull design guru Adrian Newey has admitted Pirelli's mid-season tyre specification change helped the quadruple back-to-back world champions in 2013. Sebastian Vettel, who clinched his fourth title in India last weekend, had already won races this season at the time of the tyre-exploding British Grand Prix, where after Pirelli came under pressure to revert to last year's kevlar-belted construction. Red Bull lobbied hard for the change, and car designer Newey has now admitted that the 2012 tyres gave the team a performance boost. 'Going back to the 2012 tyres clearly...
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