Inside the F1 tyre debacle politics
Formula 1's future tyre situation already looked shaky even before the Mercedes testing scandal. Now the Silverstone failures have raised the stakes. Dieter Rencken investigates
As a lesson in mixed messages, the ongoing Pirelli saga rates as an absolute masterclass even by Formula 1's own lofty standards, with the FIA's International Tribunal and Silverstone debacles serving only to further confuse the situation.
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