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F1 China 2013: Option tyre is a 'qualifier,' says Pirelli
Qualifying for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit on Saturday was a strange affair, with teams going to extreme lengths to manage their tyres ahead of Sunday's race.That left long stretches of the three rounds of qualifying session with cars and drivers hiding away in their garages, before finally piling out at the last minute to get the best they could out of a single set of option compounds. But one flying lap was all that these soft tyres had in them, with performance trailing off quickly after that."With a difference of around 1.5 seconds between the medium and the soft tyre, qualifying on the softer compound was the natural choice in terms of outright...
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