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Brawn: Unfortunate teams said no to 2020 tyres

Ross Brawn says it is unfortunate the teams voted down Pirelli's 2020 tyres as they would have allowed the drivers to race 'a bit harder'. The teams recently took part in a mass tyre test with all 10 outfits in action at the Yas Marina circuit, running the 2020 Pirelli tyres. However, at the end of it all there were very few positive comments coming from the teams or the drivers. That meant when it came down to a vote, the teams unanimously decided to keep the 2019 tyres for next season. F1 sporting boss Brawn would have 'preferred' they switch. 'The unfortunate thing was the objective for 2020 was [to have] more ability for drivers to lean on the tyres to help them an these racing...
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