It may be “weeks” before F1’s new tyre supplier for 2011 and beyond is confirmed, Pirelli president Marco Tronchetti Provera said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Despite a final recent push from Michelin, it is now expected that the Milan based company will succeed the departing Bridgestone as formula one’s sole supplier.<\/p>\n
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone left Turkey frustrated that a decision is being delayed, but the teams said they expected a solution within days.<\/p>\n
“We need to sort this out this week because it is already very, very late for us,” said Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali before departing Istanbul.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the bulk of the F1 world is busily travelling to Canada, making it clear that yet another race weekend will be dominated by the discussions about tyres.<\/p>\n
But in Milan, Pirelli’s Provera indicated that he is not expecting an imminent conclusion.<\/p>\n
“The decision will be taken soon.\u00a0 It’s a question of weeks, not months,” he said.<\/p>\n
In an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien published on Tuesday, FIA president Jean Todt also indicated that the process about selecting Bridgestone’s successor still has some road to run.<\/p>\n
“It (the FIA) will soon launch a tender, with the commercial promoter of the championship, Bernie Ecclestone,” he said.<\/p>\n
“FOTA may suggest that it decides, but the strong man is not he who speaks the loudest,” added Todt.<\/p>\n
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