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Originally Posted by Casper
Here is a novel idea, no monopoly on the tyre supplier and let the teams work out their own arrangements. The only likely reason that a single tyre supplier was introduced was Bernie saw a way to get a cut of the action.
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Nope - nothing to stop him getting a cut of the action earlier.
There is a single tyre supplier because other tyre suppliers specifically walked away, saying that the development costs made it too expensive compared to the benefits.
My recollection is that Bernie had to work hard to convince Pirelli to do it but I may be mixing up a couple of different situations there.