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Pirelli slams F1 for failing to sign contract

The official tyre supplier to Formula 1, Pirelli, has slammed the sport for failing to agree a new contract beyond 2013. Pirelli had hoped to have a new contract in place by April at the latest, to ensure it has enough time to re-design its tyres by the September deadline, but they're yet to have an agreement in place. "Apparently on September 1st, we are meant to tell them [the teams] everything that they need to know with the tyres for next season, but now we are in mid-May," said Paul Hembery in Monaco on Thursday. "You can imagine how ludicrous that is when we have not got contracts in place. "Maybe we won't be here..." He said the matter was "extremely...
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