February 22, 2013 .- The alarm in the paddock about Pirelli's 2013 tyres is growing louder with every day. The latest shock is the performance of the new 'supersoft' tyre, which - to the circus' collective surprise - will be supplied to teams in Melbourne next month. Williams' Pastor Maldonado tried the compound in Barcelona on Thursday, and - according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport - it proved not only unpredictable and heavily-degrading, but also slower than the harder 'soft' variant. But in truth, now is not the time for the sport to panic about the prospect of ten-stop pit strategies in 2013. Sergio Perez had put voice to the alarm this week by flagging the "extreme"...
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