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Pirelli plays down Raikkonen wet tyre criticism
Pirelli has played down reports that Kimi Raikkonen is unhappy with F1's new generation of wet weather tyres. The Finnish driver was at the wheel of last year's Ferrari when Pirelli began testing at the artificially-watered Paul Ricard track on Monday. Afterwards, he was quoted as saying he preferred the 2015 wets. 'Kimi tested various prototypes,' Pirelli's racing manager Mario Isola is quoted by Iltalehti. 'As far as I know, he was happy. He did not see big differences to the previous tyres, which is of course not a surprise.' As the Paul Ricard test ended on Tuesday, Isola was also asked by reporters about claims the F1 drivers' representative body GPDA is pushing for Pirelli to...
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