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Formula 1 approves Pirelli test plan
The Formula 1 Commission has approved plans to alter testing rules in order to give Pirelli more track time to prepare its 2017 tyres. Pirelli had warned on Monday that it would have to quit the sport if its 2017 testing programme was not ratified by the end of the Monday, as it felt it would have no time to get the new tyres ready in time. The Italian manufacturer had written to the FIA to emphasise that its 2017 plans needed to be sorted immediately, or else it would leave Formula 1. The deadline for the approval was 4pm CET today. On Monday afternoon, however, the F1 Commission and the Strategy Group voted unanimously to approve the regulations to allow Pirelli to go ahead with its...
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