Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has confirmed that because of race cancellations, around 1800 tyres were scrapped. With the Australian Grand Prix being cancelled last Friday, Pirelli have to scrap their tyre allocation previously selected for the race weekend despite not being used. Scrapping tyres for Pirelli is nothing new, they often do it with the sets of wet tyres supplied every race if there is no need to use them. For the postponed races recently announced by Formula 1, the tyres will be kept, this in order to have them ready in case such races are rescheduled. However, if rescheduling is not an option then, they can be used in another venue because further races use the same tyre...
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