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Pirelli asked to simplify tyre choices for 2019

The FIA and FOM have asked Pirelli to simplify their tyre choices for the 2019 season to improve understanding on what compound is being used. Pirelli currently have the hypersofts, ultrasofts, supersofts, softs, mediums, hards, superhards, intermediate and wet tyres as part of their lengthy line-up. But both governing bodies have requested that the Italian manufacturer change the names for race weekends. “We had a request from FOM and FIA to just call them hard, medium and soft, with three colours, the same colours and same names for all the races,” Pirelli boss Mario Isola said. “But obviously different compounds, because you cannot use the same compounds we use in...
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