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FIA acts on tyre pressure concerns with new checks

Formula 1's system for checking tyre pressures has been changed ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, in a bid to prevent teams using trick systems to get around current limits. Following months of speculation that some outfits had found ways to manipulate pressures once tyres were fitted to the cars, the FIA has acted. In a note sent to teams on Friday morning, F1 race director Charlie Whiting confirmed that from now on tyre pressures would be checked before wheels were fitted to cars. This is aimed at preventing teams from potentially raising the pressures through heat when the tyres are first fitted to the car - and then cooling them down to bring the pressures down to a level that will...
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