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How F1 2017 wider tyres are shaking up pitstops
Formula 1's move to wider tyres this season was motivated by the desire to make cars look better and go quicker, but it is not just on track that their difference is being felt. For the bigger and bulkier tyres – 60mm wider at the front and 80mm wider at the back - have thrown a spanner in the works when it comes to not impacting on pitstop times. The extra weight of the wider tyres, plus complications that come from the sighting and removal of nuts from inside the deeper rims, has made it more difficult to deliver the kind of consistently quick stops that had become the norm in recent years. But teams haven't sat back and accepted things will be slower, because they are determined to not...
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