Hamilton warns Pirellis will make cars slower

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    Lewis Hamilton has warned the new Pirelli tyres will make the cars slower in 2011.

    "Formula One does seem to have slowed down," Hamilton told the Guardian. "The cars are slower on a race distance. Last year we had to make tyres last with heavier fuel load and now it's even slower. I did run the other day and it was painfully slow, it really was. Just not exciting, to be honest."

    Pirelli, who took over as Formula One's sole tyre supplier at the start of the season, has been under fire lately because the speed its tyres have been degrading. And Hamilton added his voice to the critics.

    Read more: http://en.espnf1.com/mclaren/motorsport/story/42407.html
     

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