Pirelli changed its 2018 tyres only to cure Mercedes overheating issues. That is the claim of Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko after the controversial Spanish Grand which left some teams puzzled in terms of tyres. Mercedes played only second fiddle behind Ferrari over the season-opening quartet of flyaway races, especially in Bahrain, China and Azerbaijan where Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel dominated the proceedings. Just two weeks after Vettel’s commanding qualifying and race pace in the Baku round, Mercedes secured the front row in the Barcelona qualifying and then smashed the rivals in shivers in the race with some frightening pace. The Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona played arguably into...
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