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Aston Martin to modify F1 car for 2026 tyre testing

Jun.29 Aston Martin has won in a 'lottery process' to become the first Formula 1 team to test Pirelli's new and slightly smaller tyres for the 2026 rules. It was originally proposed that F1 should find some extra weight savings by reverting to 16-inch tyres for the all-new engine and chassis rules, but in the end only a very slight reduction in dimension was agreed. 'We are happy with the decision to stay on the 18-inch tyres,' Pirelli's F1 boss Mario Isola said in Austria. 'Sixteen was not the right way to go, because the loads that are predicted are still quite high and cars will be fast. We will have the first physical prototypes at the end of August, probably, and we are planning to...
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