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Lotus will not agree to Silverstone tyre debut
Eric Boullier has poured cold water on Lotus' plans to introduce new tyres at Silverstone later this month.
Initially wanting to race the tweaks this weekend in Canada, F1's tyre supplier said instead that they will be merely tested on Friday ahead of full introduction in Britain.
But Lotus' Boullier is quoted by RMC Sport in Canada: "The (new) tyres will not happen in England.
"Pirelli will test the tyres but they need the unanimity of the teams to change the rules, or at least change the type of tyres, and today they haven't got it."
Boullier said the hard lobbying of some teams, notably Red Bull and Mercedes, will not make any difference.
"The rules are the same for...
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