'Boring' Belgian GP prompts calls for end to tyre management

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'Boring' Belgian GP prompts calls for end to tyre management
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Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton led calls for races with more pitstops and an end to 'tyre management' after a Belgian Grand Prix described by rival Max Verstappen as boring.

"You need to have two- to three-stop races, I think that mixes the order up, it mixes the strategy up," said Verstappen's Red Bull team boss Christian Horner.

"Pretty much everyone elected to take a one-stop strategy [at Spa]. That’s never going to produce an exciting grand prix." Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli said driver feedback was taken into account when developing tyres, although balancing often competing and contradictory demands can be difficult.

This year's specification for tyres, first introduced in 2019, is set to be carried over into next season."We cannot have 100% grip and 100% consistency and no degradation and all of that," said Pirelli's racing head Mario Isola, responding to Hamilton's calls for tyres that are grippy and durable. "I know drivers like the grip, I know drivers are asking for an ideal tyre. So we will focus on that for 2022," added Isola.

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