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Pirelli planning new wets

While, from the outside, yesterday's somewhat farcical 'damp weather' test didn't appear to give much information, it seems that from the running they did drivers were fairly happy, though there was concern that the intermediates had a worryingly short life. Nonetheless, Pirelli is planning on having new wets available in time for the second round of the 2017 season, the Chinese Grand Prix, albeit for testing. Prototype wets were run during the tests carried out by Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari last year, but thus far the only running of the actual wets scheduled to be used this season was yesterday and Ferrari's test at Fiorano early last month which had to be abandoned when Sebastian...
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