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Pirelli forced to abandon wet tyre test at Fiorano

Pirelli have been forced to abandon their wet tyre test at Fiorano after Sebastian Vettel’s crash on Thursday. The German lost control of his modified Ferrari SF15-T mule car whilst testing Pirelli’s new 2017 wet tyre on an artificially dampened track and hit the barriers. When the car was taken back to the factory in Maranello it was revealed the damage was too extensive to continue running on Friday, as was originally the plan, with third driver Antonio Giovinazzi sharing driver duties with Vettel. Pirelli were conducting the Fiorano test to further assess their new wet tyre, which is not only wider in correspondence with the changes to the slick tyres in 2017, but has also been...
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