Two mandatory pitstops idea gets thumbs down from F1 teams 10 December, 2013 Mark Webber during a pit stop in 2013 Formula 1 teams have voted down a proposal to force drivers to make a minimum of two pitstops per grand prix in 2014. Pirelli reportedly pushed for the rule after its calamitous and image-damaging 2013 season, where in trying to build aggressively-degrading tyres, the quality and safety of its products was called into doubt. But despite Pirelli's problems this year, Bernie Ecclestone insists the Italian marque has done a good job. 'Pirelli did a wonderful job for us,' he wrote in the foreword to the official Formula 1 season review. 'I told them we don't want tyres that last...
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