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Barcelona F1 test to feature wet running
Formula 1's opening pre-season 2017 test will feature at least one day of wet running in a bid to give teams at least some experience of the new wider rain tyres. While F1 tyre supplier Pirelli has already been granted a single two-day bespoke wet tyre test with a mule car ahead of the start of the campaign, it also wants all the current teams to try out the new rain designs before the Australian Grand Prix. The current plan is for this to happen during the opening F1 test, which takes place at Barcelona in Spain from February 27 to March 2. Without that, and with F1 still set for standing starts after safety car periods, there could have been a scenario where drivers would have had their...
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