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Formula 1 teams should accept the chosen specification of next year's Pirelli tires.
That is the claim of Niki Lauda, who was speaking to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport amid reports the 2014 tires might be slightly bigger and wider next year to suit the higher torque of the new V6 engines.
It had emerged that while Renault and Ferrari want the 2014 specification to remain the same as in 2013, F1's other engine supplier Mercedes - rumoured to have a power advantage next year - wants the larger tires.
"It's a very important question," Mercedes chairman Lauda said.
The very latest reports suggest that the FIA has actually decided to keep next year's tire specification largely the same as in 2013.
But Lauda had added: "Charlie Whiting wrote to all the teams that Pirelli wants a larger diameter and wider tires.
"The way I understand it, it is now decided by the FIA alone."
He said the teams and suppliers' only role should be to give Pirelli all the data the official tire supplier requests.
"If not, we should not be surprised if we stand in Melbourne next year complaining again about the tires.
"Pirelli should determine what next year's tires look like without the influence of the teams. With the new cars and engines, it is important that we have stable tires."
Formula 1 teams should accept the chosen specification of next year's Pirelli tires.
That is the claim of Niki Lauda, who was speaking to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport amid reports the 2014 tires might be slightly bigger and wider next year to suit the higher torque of the new V6 engines.
It had emerged that while Renault and Ferrari want the 2014 specification to remain the same as in 2013, F1's other engine supplier Mercedes - rumoured to have a power advantage next year - wants the larger tires.
"It's a very important question," Mercedes chairman Lauda said.
The very latest reports suggest that the FIA has actually decided to keep next year's tire specification largely the same as in 2013.
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But Lauda had added: "Charlie Whiting wrote to all the teams that Pirelli wants a larger diameter and wider tires.
"The way I understand it, it is now decided by the FIA alone."
He said the teams and suppliers' only role should be to give Pirelli all the data the official tire supplier requests.
"If not, we should not be surprised if we stand in Melbourne next year complaining again about the tires.
"Pirelli should determine what next year's tires look like without the influence of the teams. With the new cars and engines, it is important that we have stable tires."