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Pirelli: 5 second gain still possible in 2017
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Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery says a lap time gain of five seconds is still possible in 2017 with less dramatic regulation changes. While the FIA had originally announced plans to make cars faster and more aggressive looking in 2017 with a lap time gain of five seconds, the teams recently voted in favour of less severe changes to aerodynamic regulations after Pirelli said it would have to impose much higher restrictions on tyre pressures to deal with the increased loads. Hembery says the restrictions only related to the tyres in their current specification, with Pirelli able to deliver a different type of tyre to handle the increased downforce but which would...
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