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Pirelli bought out by Chinese state owned company
State-owned China National Chemical, or Chem China has bought Formula 1's official tyre supplier Pirelli and secured control of the Milan-based company valued at over 7 billion. According to Forbes, the deal 'will put 140 years of Italian tradition and research and development at the service of the huge Chinese market'. Pirelli chief executive Marco Tronchetti Provera, however, will keep his role. 'But the new paymaster,' explained Forbes correspondent Marcel Michelson, will be a man who 'reports to China's State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission, headed by Zhang Yi who sits on the central committee of the communist party'. Reports on GrandPrix247.com by: staff &...
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