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Teams getting closer on 2017 downforce figures - Pirelli

Pirelli says that estimations of 2017 downforce levels supplied to it by F1 teams have started to converge, making it easier for the Italian company to finalise its products for the new season. Pirelli has been working with estimates of what teams believe will be the downforce levels and thus loadings on the tyres both at the start of 2017 and by the final race in Abu Dhabi, following a season of aero development. Early estimates showed a wide spread, but now they are similar, at least for the start of the year. "It's true that the first time we received the predictions there was quite a big gap across the teams," Pirelli's F1 technical boss Mario Isola told Motorsport.com....
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