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Rivals suspect Lotus has unfair tyre advantage
By Editor on Friday, March 22, 2013 As Melbourne winner Kimi Raikkonen continues his top form in Malaysia, Lotus' rivals are beginning to wonder if the team has an unfair advantage.
At Sepang, arguably even more than in Australia, the keyword is tyres.
'Tyres, tyres, tyres, tyres, tyres,' grumbled Red Bull's Mark Webber on Friday.
Pirelli's more extreme 2013 product could be clearly seen flicking off the wheels on every one of the 15 corners at Sepang during Friday practice.
Yet serenely at the top is Finn Raikkonen.
Germany's Auto Motor und Sport points out that the test car used to develop Pirelli's troublesome 2013 tyres is the three-year old Renault.
It was designed at Enstone.
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