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F1 in-season testing scrapped for 2016

Formula 1 has scrapped in-season testing for 2016, according to a report in La Gazzetta dello Sport. And in June, the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport revealed that Jerez had been dropped as a venue for winter testing next year. It said the pre-season schedule for 2016 has been trimmed for cost reasons from three to just two four-day tests, to both take place in Barcelona next March. And La Gazzetta dello Sport now claims: 'The (two) tests during the season will also be absent for the first time since 2011.' However, official tyre supplier Pirelli is still pushing for more testing, with Auto Motor und Sport saying in June that the marque wants one post-season outing at a warm location,...
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