Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli hopes to produce even closer racing with a new range of tyres for 2012.
The Italian company has made all four dry-weather tyres softer, as well as reducing the differences between them.Pirelli introduced faster-wearing tyres last year, leading to tight races, and now aim to improve overtaking.
Pirelli president Marco Tronchetti Provera said: "These changes will provide more opportunity for passes and help make a better show."
The four dry-tyre choices will be identified by the same colour markings as in 2011 - red for super-soft, yellow for soft, white for medium and silver for hard - but the colours will be bolder to make them easier to see on television.
The markings on the wet-weather tyres have changed - the intermediates, for use in damp conditions, will have green markings, and the wet tyres blue.
Pirelli were widely praised for the impact their tyres had on creating more exciting racing in 2011, but the company felt it had been too cautious.- http://news.bbc.co.uk/
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