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Pirelli abandons hard tyre compound for rest of 2017
Pirelli has abandoned the hard tyre for the rest of the 2017 F1 season after confirming that it won't be used in Japan. Instead, the medium, soft and supersoft compounds will be taken to Suzuka. It will also not be used in Malaysia and Brazil, the two remaining venues where it was in play in 2017. At the Spanish GP it became clear that the teams were not happy with the hard, as they struggled to make it work properly. Pirelli, who had to develop the hard based on predictions of high loadings under the new rules, subsequently agreed to review its use for the rest of the season. In Barcelona, its F1 boss Mario Isola told Motorsport.com that it was likely that the hard would only be used at...
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