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Pirelli and FIA announce New Tyre Pressure procedure

Pirelli have agreed a new tyre pressure check procedure with the FIA to eliminate the confusion that occurred during the Italian Grand Prix when the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS drivers started with apparently under-inflated tyres. During the race at Monza, the FIA took the tyre pressures from the top four drivers on the grid, and race winner Lewis Hamilton’s race victory was in doubt after his tyres were deemed to be under the pre-race defined pressures mandated by Pirelli. However, Mercedes insisted the pressures dropped as a result of being out of the tyre blankets for an extended amount of time, but the new regulations say the FIA can now test the tyre pressures at any time between the five...
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