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Extensive tyre testing

The FIA's World Motor Sport Council has given official approval of new tyre testing regulations to allow Pirelli to prepare for the 2017 changes. Track testing is an area Pirelli has not been allowed to exploit, and provokes a reminder of how F1 used to allow much more extensive running. Here, Michelin was testing tyres at the end of the 2004 season at Jerez, with more than 15 trucks on location in Spain.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.