Pirelli is relying on special software to help determine its tyre selections this year in a bid to offer teams more control over their pit stop strategies. F1's exclusive tyre supplier has increased its range of compounds this season and gone one step softer across the board with a less conservative approach. Teams will still be allocated three compounds at each race but Pirelli's selections won't necessarily include a logical sequence of tyres, meaning the manufacturer could jump a compound in its selection. "We have now a very good tool, software that we created this winter, to make all the combinations with three different compounds," said Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola....
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