Pirelli says it is too early to assess the performance of its new-for-2014 tyres, despite four days of running at Jerez last week. The Italian marque endured a nightmarish 2013 season, marred by blowouts and claims its tyres wore inconsistently and excessively. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, however, said after the Jerez test: "The (2014) tyres are a little bit better. "They're more durable, so you can do maybe 30 laps and have a lot less wear on them," he told the British broadcaster Sky. "But they still overheat, like any other tyre." Pirelli, however, is not endorsing Hamilton's comments, on the basis that the lack of running at Jerez meant "very little...
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