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GP of Monaco Preview: Ecclestone spices up Monaco scrap

MONACO, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - The Formula One circus descends on Monaco for this weekend's showpiece Grand Prix with tensions running high over tyres and Bernie Ecclestone telling drivers to stop complaining and use their brains to win races. After a week of squabbling between the teams and tyre supplier Pirelli over the performance of the Italian company's high-degradation tyres, Formula One's veteran commercial rights holder waded in to the debate. He said: "The easiest thing for Pirelli would be to produce tyres that you put on at the first race of the season and take off at the last. That would be easy, easy. "I asked Pirelli to make tyres that would not complete 50 per...
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