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2020 Pirelli tyres under the spotlight

Pirelli could scrap its proposed 2020 tyres after teams and drivers were almost unanimous in their disapproval of the 2020 range of prototypes when they were tested for the first time during the United States Grand Prix practice. 'It is not a positive step, but we have agreed to take a few days for the analysis,' Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Motorsport-Magazin.com. Pirelli's goal was in part to make the tyres less susceptible to overheating. 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks that is one of the main factors affecting the F1 show. 'It's a big problem right now that Pirelli has to deal with,' he told Le Journal de Montreal. 'The reason the cars can't follow is that...
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