Would Michelin return be bad for F1?
Michelin declared it would be open to supplying Formula 1 rubber again, but Bernie Ecclestone said it would be a bad thing to move away from Pirelli. BEN ANDERSON weighs up the arguments
Amid all the wrangling over the future of Formula 1 recently, there is one technical aspect with supreme power to define the competitive make-up of the championship and its future technical direction.
I'm not talking about wealth distribution, or refuelling, or 1000bhp engines and their architecture (all of which are significant, of course). I'm talking about tyres - the one element of the F1 equation by which all others must eventually be transmuted onto the track.
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