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Alpine tech issue curtailed wet-weather tyre test

An issue suffered by Alpine halved theirs and Pirelli's latest test of their 2022 wet and intermediate tyres at Magny-Cours. Alpine reserve driver Daniil Kvyat was behind the wheel of a 2018 R.S. 18 in Alpine branding in France as he became the latest driver to test the wet rubber being introduced by Pirelli next season. The former host circuit of the French Grand Prix has the capacity to be artificially watered, but that was not needed because of the weather conditions as the Russian took to the track and completed 91 laps of the circuit in all on his first day of running. It was expected to be a two-day test, however, and Pirelli confirmed a technical problem suffered by the Alpine meant...
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