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Tyre choice for Brazil 'dangerous' - Massa
Felipe Massa has labelled Pirelli's tyre choice for the Brazilian Grand Prix as "dangerous", arguing the compounds are too hard for the circuit.
Pirelli will bring the two hardest compounds in its range to Massa's home grand prix at Interlagos. Over the course of the year several drivers have complained about the hardest compound being too difficult to warm-up and Massa believes it could even become a safety concern in Brazil.
"It's dangerous, very dangerous," Massa said. "First of all, Interlagos was never a track to use medium and hard. It's a track that we can use even super-soft and soft, but in a conservative way soft and medium.
"I have no idea why they choose medium and hard, it's completely unacceptable. It's a track where you can have rain, it's a track that can be cold and a track that maybe you can have a condition you need to risk putting on the dry tyres and it is so hard that it will be dangerous. I don't understand."
As part of ongoing renovations at Interlagos, a new track surface has been laid and Massa believes that will make it even more difficult to get the hard compound working.
"They have new asphalt and every track I go where they have new asphalt it gets even easier on the tyres. I have no idea why they choose these tyres."
Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery said the choice had been made amid concerns the soft compound could blister under the loads generated by Interlagos' quick succession of high-energy corners.
"It's one of the more aggressive circuits we have on the calendar and has the risk of creating blistering problems," he said. "We know that the soft tyre under extreme loads has the potential to blister.
Hembery said the new asphalt would be taken into account and a change could be made if it makes sense from a technical point of view and receives unanimous agreement.
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