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Pirelli didn't consider quitting amid tyre failure fallout

Pirelli's F1 boss Paul Hembery has insisted that the Italian firm never considered withdrawing as F1's tyre supplier following the controversy that followed the tyre failures during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend at Spa. When asked in Monza if the Pirelli company, amid the negative publicity and talk of teams' unrest which happened while being locked in a competitive tender with Michelin for the next F1 contract, considered walking away from the sport Hembery said: "No, I think the fallout was rather exaggerated." He insisted that the talk of stand-offs between the teams and the tyre supplier was more of a media construct than a reflection of reality....
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