2017 Formula 1 tyre supply crisis averted

A tyre supply crisis in Formula 1 has been averted at the eleventh hour.

As he departed Shanghai following the Chinese Grand Prix, Pirelli's F1 chief Paul Hembery warned that unless an agreement for much more tyre testing ahead of the 2017 regulations was rubber-stamped immediately, the Italian company would pull out of the sport.

Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the F1 Commission had averted the crisis by "approving" rule tweaks to accommodate Pirelli's new test needs.

An FIA spokesman confirmed the news.