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Pirelli banking on two-stoppers

Formula 1 is in for a two-stopping Spanish Grand Prix at the Barcelona circuit, that's the prediction of Pirelli's Paul Hembery. Last season, the three drivers on the Spanish GP podium all opted for two-stop strategies and this year should be more of the same. With the hard and medium tyres on offer, the biggest challenge the drivers will face is wear and degradation while Pirelli estimate the gap between the two compounds could be as much as 1.2seconds. Hembery, the tyre company's motorsport director, said: 'Spain is obviously one of the more familiar venues that we go to, as there has already been plenty of data gathered during testing. One of the things we have noticed so...
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