McLaren technical director James Key thinks the 2021 regulation tweaks will allow for change in the pecking order.

Pirelli will be required to supply the same tyre construction for the third season in a row in 2021. The proposed 2020 rubber was rejected by the teams who chose to stick with the 2019 version, whilst the new rules which were planned for 2021 were pushed back until 2022, taking the 18-inch tyres back a year with them.

We saw already at Silverstone what can happen when the Pirelli rubber is pushed beyond its limit with several tyre failures at the British Grand Prix, and that’s why the FIA have further reduced the level of downforce on cars for 2021.

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