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Bottas fastest lap shows Pirelli progress

Pirelli's Formula 1 boss Mario Isola believes Valtteri Bottas' fastest lap in the Australian GP is proof of progress for the tyre manufacturer. Pirelli has often been criticised for its tyres which are designed to degrade faster rather than last to improve the strategical side of the sport. Often however, this has only resulted in vicious tyre management from drivers and therefore a lack of on-track action. As the exclusive supplier of tyres in Formula 1, the company introduced a new range for 2019, and Bottas' fastest lap from Melbourne, set on his penultimate tour of Albert Park, shows Pirelli's progress in Isola's opinion. “Our aim this year was to provide compounds that enabled...
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