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Formula 1's tyre supplier Pirelli hopes to see more overtaking during the upcoming season. After a major shake-up in the technical regulations for 2017, overtaking dropped by 47% from the season before, with 435 manoeuvres completed throughout the 20 races.
Pirelli itself is introducing two new tyre compounds for the 2018 season, the super hard and the hyper soft. Degradation will be a much more common factor during the races, as compounds are one step softer.
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Speaking about his hopes for the approaching season of Formula 1, Pirelli's motorsport head Mario Isola said to RACER: "We have a range now. We are not obliged to go to most of the events with the soft, super and ultra.
"We have a medium compound that is last year's soft, so it's a good compound for many circuits. We have a good range from hard to hypersoft targeting the two stops, and hopefully a bit more overtaking and a bit more degradation, obviously."
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Don't hope. Make some damn tyres that can stand hard racing without disintegrating. Call them whatever the hell you want.