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Pirelli confirms extra tyres – but not for rookies

Pirelli has confirmed that it will be supplying an extra set of tyres for Friday's two free practice sessions from Barcelona onwards, but said that there would be no stipulation for teams to use them to run drivers with no F1 race experience.The announcement, which accompanied details of the tyre compounds on offer at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, had been widely pre-empted within the F1 paddock, which appeared split over the question of running 'rookies' in order to gain the additional rubber and increase the amount of track action for spectators during the notoriously quiet early stages of an F1 weekend.While some teams were keen to take advantage of Pirelli's offer to blood...
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