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Pirelli Motorsport boss Mario Isola surprised by the speed of the 2019 cars

Pirelli Motorsport boss Mario Isola is surprised by how quick the 2019 breed of car is. The quickest lap time in 2018 was just under 1 second slower than that of 2019. Isola is shocked by this as the new rules were meant to slow the cars down.  “What’s perhaps more surprising is the pace of the cars at this point in the season,” said Isola to The CheckeredFlag.  “[They] are they going faster than last year’s test, despite being 10 kilograms heavier."  When speaking after winter testing in Barcelona, Isola seemed happy with the way that the tyres were performing.  “We’ve had eight productive days of testing, with teams...
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