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Pirelli defends increased F1 tyre pressure monitoring

Pirelli says ramping up tyre pressure investigations in Formula 1 has led to a much more transparent situation, despite unhappiness from the teams. Amid suspicions that some teams had been using tricks to get around restrictions on tyre pressures, the FIA asked them to log all their tyre pressure data, starting with the Monaco Grand Prix. The data is sent to the FIA's Standard Data Recorder over standard CAN (Control Area Network) cable system for analysis. Several teams have voices their unhappiness about the high tyre pressure limits imposed for this year. "It is disappointing that we are having to do this," Renault's technical director Bob Bell told Motorsport.com last month...
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