Pirelli is 'open' to going to war with a rival tyre manufacturer like Michelin, claims of the Italian company's chief Marco Tronchetti Provera. On a rare paddock visit in Monaco, he confirmed that Pirelli is applying to keep its role beyond 2016 as the sport's sole tyre supplier. It is expected former F1 supplier Michelin will also lodge an application, despite normally pushing for the return of a competitive ‘tyre war' in F1. Actually, Tronchetti Provera said Pirelli is not opposed to that. He said on Italian radio RAI that Pirelli is 'indifferent' to the idea. 'It is the teams that do not want a competition that is overly conditioned by the tyres,' Tronchetti Provera insisted....
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