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Pirelli to take ultrasoft to Australia
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Pirelli has named the tyre compounds it will take to the first two races of the 2017 F1 season, with the ultrasoft being used in Australia. 2017 will see new tyre regulations introduced, with wider tyres designed to help increase cornering speeds. With tyres needing to be selected 15 weeks ahead of flyaway races, the first two - in Australia and China - have already been nominated by Pirelli. The tyre manufacturer has opted to go one step softer for the race in Melbourne than it did in 2016, with the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres being selected. Of these, one set or softs and one set of supersofts must be saved for the race, while one set of ultrasofts are required...
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