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Pirelli recommends stint limits for each compound

Just a week after Sebastian Vettel's tyre failure at Spielberg, which Pirelli has blamed on debris but was initially thought to be related to the long stint the German was on at the time, the Italian manufacturer has recommended limits on how may laps each particular compound should be run for. 'Pirelli recommends that the following numbers of laps are not exceeded on each compound,' said the Italian manufacturer, subsequently giving the hards a maximum, of 26 laps, the mediums a limit of 28 and softs just 15 laps. 'The hard compound experienced some graining, which is why the useful life of this tyre is predicted to be less than that of the medium,' added the manufacturer. This is the...
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