V8 SUPERCARS will put a ‘supersoft’ tyre compound to the test in coming months as the category considers introducing the tyre into the sport in 2016. The move comes as the V8 Supercars Commission weighs up potential changes to race…
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Carmakers vie for pole position in post-sanctions Iran
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Russia seeks 80,000 tonnes of Thai rubber in barter deal
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