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Pirelli: Perez excuse ‘pathetic’
Paul Hembery has labelled Sergio Perez's criticism of Pirelli's tyre compound selections as “pathetic”. Perez described the gap between the F1 lap times and GP2 at the Circuit de Catalunya as “embarrassing” and said the main reason was because Pirelli was being too conservative with its tyres. However, when those quotes were put to Hembery he said it was wrong to blame the tyre manufacturer. “It's pathetic really as an excuse, quite frankly,” Hembery said. “They've all got the same.” Perez also accused Pirelli of overreacting to the troubles it had in 2013, but Hembery said a more conservative approach was necessary due to the new regulations. “No, we haven't overreacted....
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