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Pirelli fears grow with pre-season testing on the horizon

It's three weeks until pre-season testing for 2019 kicks off in Barcelona, and Pirelli already has an eye on the weather that could prevail in Spain on March 18. Last year's adverse conditions - marked by freezing temperatures, sleet and snow - practically led to a write-off of the first week of testing, and Formula 1's tyre supplier is wary of a cold front hitting once again the Circuit de Catalunya in mid-February. "Until [early] January it was like it was spring [in Barcelona], but now it is much colder there and we know what happened last year," Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola told the German edition of Motorsport.com. Isola: Pirelli's commitment to F1 reflects 'trust' in sport's...
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