Pirelli drops US GP trophy design over potential copyright infringement

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The human-shaped trophy was replaced late on as Charles Leclerc took victory in AustinPirelli was forced to pull its one-off trophies from the United States Grand Prix podium at the last minute after being made aware of the similarity in design to another product.Autosport understands Formula 1’s tyre manufacturer received notice on Saturday and took the decision not to use the special awards in …Keep reading