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F1 tyre war ruled out until 2020
A tyre war has been ruled out in formula one at least for the next four seasons. Pirelli and, it seems, Michelin have both put their names forward for the newly-announced tender process to identify the sport's official supplier beyond 2016. And according to Pirelli's Paul Hembery, the tender document says F1 "will have a single tyre supplier until the end of 2019" at least, he was quoted by Brazil's Totalrace. The news comes despite some in F1, including Fernando Alonso, believing a tyre war would be one way to take the sport back to the thrilling days of a decade ago. But the F1 teams are not keen. Franz Tost, boss of Toro Rosso, said tyre wars usually mean "Two teams get...
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