Moves are afoot to organise a Pirelli tyre test in December, ahead of the start of official 2014 testing in January. F1's official supplier had been pushing for the Bahrain test - to further develop its 2014 tyres and give it time to react ahead of the January tests - with the assistance of just one team, and McLaren had firmly put its hand up. But some teams objected. "It would be unfortunate," said Mercedes' Ross Brawn, "if one team had the benefit of running a tyre to the exclusion of all the others." With Friday's rain spoiling Pirelli's efforts to test its 2014 tyres at Interlagos, however, the prospect of the December plans being scrapped had raised real concerns...
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