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Pirelli would welcome rival F1 tyre supplier

Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera says the company would welcome competition from a rival Formula 1 tyre supplier in the future. The Italian manufacturer has been F1's sole tyre supplier since it returned to the series in 2011 and currently has a deal that runs up until the end of 2019. In a survey run by Motorsport Network, 69.4 percent of fans backed a return to tyre competition between manufacturers. The last time F1 had more than one tyre supplier was in 2006, when Michelin and Bridgestone were involved. When asked if Pirelli would welcome a rival supplier, Tronchetti Provera said: "We race everywhere in the world, alone and against others. We like competition. "When...
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