Pirelli has admitted that it may ask to be allowed more time testing new tyres ahead of the 2016 season.

The Italian manufacturers have been criticised this season for producing durable tyres, and admit that they need to go back to the drawing board ahead of next year.

Motorsport boss Paul Hembery said: “We were having new requests all the time, even now, to maybe be a little bit more aggressive next year

“The teams are saying we want tyres that are more aggressive, more grip, and that’s a bit of a late request. That means we’re going to have to ask for some more testing at some stage because this sort of thing’s a fine balance.

“You get it slightly wrong and you’re on the one-stop races that you’ve seen in the last three [grands prix] and people are complaining actually and saying we need the balance to go back a bit to where we were maybe a couple of years ago.”


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