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Pirelli wants to analyse free tyre choice

Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery has told F1i Pirelli will need to analyse how it can give teams free tyre choice following the Strategy Group's proposal.

Following Thursday's meeting of the Strategy Group in Biggin Hill, the FIA released a statement outlining a number of changes planned for the coming years to "improve the show". One such change was free tyre choice for teams, allowing them to pick any two of Pirelli's four compounds - supersoft, soft, medium and hard - for each race weekend.

However, speaking exclusively to F1i, Hembery says Pirelli will need to look in to how it will implement the change.

"Yes it's been noted, we would like to look in to what the problem is that's got to be solved, but as ever Pirelli will work with all the teams to find a satisfactory and safe solution," Hembery said.

Another proposal for 2017 includes wider tyres to help increase performance, and Hembery says Pirelli has long been in favour of such a change.

"We're very happy with that, we suggested we should go back to the wider tyres, they look more aggressive and more dramatic. That's something that we would be very willing to support, and that was discussed with us."

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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.