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FIA tweaks F1 sprint qualifying tyre rules to avoid inters farce

The change means that teams won't pursue clever tyre usage strategies that could see them running intermediate tyres in a dry session.

As the rules were originally written, drivers were obliged to use new medium tyres in Saturday’s SQ1 and SQ2 sessions, and then new softs on SQ3.

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