Pirelli: Alonso wasn't able to win for a number of reasons and not because of tyres 6 November, 2013 Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of the Pirelli Group Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has hit back at Fernando Alonso's criticism of the Italian marque's Formula 1 tyres in 2013. Spaniard Alonso, the highest paid and arguably most highly rated and influential driver on the grid, recently slammed the questionable 'quality' of this year's Pirellis. The criticism came at an awkward time for Pirelli, who while having agreed with the teams and Bernie Ecclestone about a new deal beyond 2013, are still yet to be offered an actual dotted line to sign on by the governing FIA. 'I have to...
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