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Meeting called to scrap 2019 Pirelli tyres

Jun.28 A key meeting has been convened at the scene of the Austrian grand prix. Apparently alarmed by what Sergio Perez calls some of the "incredibly boring" races this year, top officials are behind a new push to scrap Pirelli's 2019 tyres. The team bosses will meet with FIA and Pirelli representatives at the Red Bull Ring on Friday morning to discuss potentially switching to the 2018 tyres. For a mid-season change to happen, either seven of the 10 teams must agree, or the FIA will need to invoke a change on 'safety grounds'. Pirelli switched to a thinner treaded tyre for 2019 to stop overheating, but Dr Helmut Marko says "only Mercedes" can always put them in a...
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