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Michelin offers a sole-supplier tire war
You may have guessed, I’m not a big fan of high degradation tires. Never have been. While I admit that DRS is higher on my dislike list, HD tires are very close. I have always believed there is a better way to race than to add constructs to the series to overcome the aerodynamic efficiency these cars have. Today’s story from Autosport caught my eye because F1 released a request for tender for tire supplier for 2019 onward. The interesting part of that is the change to a 19” wheel instead of the current 13” wheel. Few companies would be keen to ramp up to supply a tire for a 13? Wheel only to then change a year later to a 19”. That seems to be Michelin’s concern. 'When we were...
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