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Drivers call for better wet F1 tyres after Bianchi crash
Pirelli wet tyres
Top Formula 1 drivers are lobbying the sport's sole tyre supplier Pirelli to improve its wet-weather product.
The now critically injured Jules Bianchi lost control of his Marussia in worsening rain conditions at Suzuka recently when raining on worn ‘intermediate' tyres.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton said drivers often prefer to run on that tyre when it is wet, because the ‘full wet' Pirelli is so much slower.
'It is no secret that they are not the greatest wet tyres that I have known,' said the Mercedes driver.
'The slick will always be improved, but I guess not so much focus gets put on the wet,' he is quoted by the Daily Mail.
'You want a tyre that...
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