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F1 has ‘big problem' if under-fire Pirelli quits

Jun.19 An active Formula 1 team manager has warned that the sport will have a 'big problem' if Pirelli walks away. At Paul Ricard, the dominant topic of conversation is the safety of the current tyres, after Pirelli effectively blamed Red Bull and Aston Martin for their respective high-speed Baku blowouts. 'I wish tyres were a backstory in Formula 1 again, but every year it ends up like this,' Graham Watson, the team manager at Alpha Tauri, told the Dutch publication Formule 1. Pirelli has put tyre pressures up by another 2 PSI for the French GP weekend, admitting that until 2022 the company is unable to effectively monitor how the teams operate their tyres in adherence with the...
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