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Hulkenberg critical of Pirelli's wet tyres

Although Nico Hulkenberg believes Pirelli's wet weather tyres are not up to the job, he concedes it is not easy for the tyre manufacturer to develop the rubber given the limited testing. Saturday's qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix become an extended affair when the rain came down at Monza. It resulted in the hour-long session being delayed for close on three hours as even when the rain lessened, the Pirelli tyres on offer couldn't cope with the standing water that remained. 'The rain was not so strong and there was not so much standing water,' Hulkenberg explained to Germany's Sport1. 'The problem was that the tyres are only made to displace a certain number of litres of water....
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