Pirelli’s motorsport boss Paul Hembery says he’s confident that his company can deliver the kind of tyres that Formula 1’s teams are asking for when the new, faster cars come on stream in 2017. Hembery is pleased that the FIA will submit a formal document detailing what is required from its 2017 tyres. Until now, there has been much discussion over Pirelli making the tyres that the sport had asked for, but this was never actually formalised in a detailed technical document. At the February 'summit meeting' in Milan, Pirelli confirmed that it could make tyres to whatever specification was wanted. The FIA has responded by starting work on a formal document covering performance and...
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