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Rubbish claims, Pirelli thin tread decision not to favour Mercedes – Wolff

Team boss, Toto Wolff claims that, Mercedes never pushed F1 tyre supplier Pirelli to bring this weekend's thinner tread tyres which the Silver Arrows has put to good use in Barcelona. Following blistering problems with tyres during pre-season testing at the newly-resurfaced Circuit de Catalunya, Pirelli have revised their tyres by reducing the amount of tread on the compounds for this weekend's Spanish GP as well as the upcoming races in Britain and France. On Thursday, Sebastian Vettel said: 'Obviously we have different tyres because Pirelli reacted to the issues Mercedes had and Red Bull had in testing.' When the source asked if Pirelli had changed the tyres ‘to help Mercedes'...
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