Pirelli would welcome F1 tire war

Look at all the marbles on the track without a tire war. Recall the tire war days and the tons of rubber on the track, making passing near impossible. Tire wars always result in teams on the best tires having complete domination. F1 is 99% car. Add a tire war and it will be 99.5% car.

Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera says F1's sole tire supplier would welcome a tire war as they like competition.

Pirelli have been Formula 1's sole tire supplier since 2011, having replaced Bridgestone.

Despite a history of complete disasters whenever there was a tire war, Tronchetti Provera says Pirelli would welcome it.

He told Autosport: "We race everywhere in the world, alone and against others.

"We like competition.

"When we race with the others, we win.

"We're ready for any competition, with anybody."

Speaking of the teams' "willingness" to have just one tire supplier, he added: "I never heard in the last years or months any will to change."

And he won't. Case closed.