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F1: Green light for Pirelli as World Council decisions announced

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Khatir Soltani
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Pirelli is F1's new tyre supplier for 2011-2013, it was announced on Wednesday.

"Pirelli has been selected as the single tyre supplier for the FIA Formula One World Championship for a period of three years, commencing in 2011," said an FIA statement.

"The sole supplier will undertake to strictly respect the sporting and technical regulations implemented by the FIA."

A raft of other decisions were also announced after a meeting in Geneva of the World Motor Sport Council.

Pirelli's last win in F1. Nelson Piquet at the wheel of the Benetton in the Grand Prix of Canada 1991.





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