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SPIELBERG, Austria -- Pirelli says it may be able to lower its tyre pressure prescriptions at upcoming races if the FIAs new procedure for checking pressures has the desired effect.Since the Italian Grand Prix last year, the FIA has enforced Pirellis pressure perscriptions at each grand prix to make sure undue stress is not put through the tyres. In order to stop teams working on ways to reduce the pressures when the tyres are fitted to the car -- and therefore gain a competitive advantage -- the FIA will now check pressures before the tyres are fitted rather than when they are on the car. It is believed the new procedure will eliminate any tricks the teams found to heat up the tyres while they are checked on the car before cooling them on track to reduce the pressures.Yes we are working with them [the FIA] to improve the system of checking the prescription, Pirellis motorsport director Mario Isola said. With this new system, to check the tyres before they are fitted on the car, the pressure, we have a consistent system to measure it independent from the session.So in FP1, FP2, FP3, quali and race we measure all the tyres in the same way, we have consistent numbers in all the sessions, so we are 100 percent sure that only the blanket is heating the tyre and teams are quite happy because once they fit the tyre they are not allowed to bleed air but they have a reference pressure.I can give you a result in a couple of races when we have some numbers to evaluate but for me the system is working so lets see what is going to happen.Tyre pressures have become a sensitive issue in F1, with many drivers saying Pirelli consistently set them too high for the circuits. Following Friday practice in Austria, Fernando Alonso complained that F1 is the the only category where you cannot setup your own car.But with some teams finding ways to lower their running pressures, Pirelli has had no choice but to go conservative across the board. If the new system ensures running pressures consistently remain within the limits Pirelli is targeting, then Isola said the tyre manufacturer would consider lowering the pressure prescriptions from the historic highs that have featured at rounds so far this year.Of course. The starting pressures are based on simulation or our analysis, but then on our analysis basically we consider a qualifying lap and a race lap, and you measure the stress on the tyre and the stress on the tyre is linked to the running pressure.That is something that at the moment we are not enforcing, because we are enforcing the starting pressure. 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The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p.LOS ANGELES -- The streaking Clippers are playing with purpose. Even after handling a quality opponent, they hardly sounded satisfied.Chris Paul had 26 points and 12 assists, Blake Griffin also scored 26 and Los Angeles beat the Toronto Raptors 123-115 on Monday night in a matchup of early-season division leaders.We got stops early in the beginning of the second half and got in transition and got buckets, Griffin said. We havent been as good in the last three games in my opinion, but its still great to start out like this.DeAndre Jordan added 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Clippers, who improved the NBAs best record to 13-2 with their 10th victory in 11 games.J.J. Redick scored 20 points as Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak to Toronto. Jamal Crawford had 12 and Luc Mbah a Moute chipped in with 10.We still have to be better. 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The fact that he can bring the ball up and make decisions gives us another dimension offensively, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.It was the second time this season Toronto (8-6) dropped both ends of back-to-back games. The Raptors, who played for the fifth time in seven nights, have lost four of five.The teams traded 10-0 runs late in the second quarter. Redicks three free throws with less than a second remaining gave the Clippers a 54-45 lead at halftime.TIP-INSRaptors: Lowry, DeRozan and Jordan were teammates on the 2016 USA Olympic Mens Basketball tteam that won the gold medal in Rio.ddddddddddddClippers: Entering the game, Los Angeles led the NBA with a plus-13.7 points per game differential over its opponents and was second in the league in scoring defense, giving up 95.4 points per game. ... F Wesley Johnson returned after missing the previous five games with an injured left heel. He played 12 minutes and had three rebounds. ... Jordan shot 9 of 14 on free throws and has made 1,007 in his career.CAMEROON CONNECTIONMbah a Moute and Raptors F Pascal Siakam are two of the three active NBA players from Cameroon. The game marked the first time in league history two players from Cameroon faced each other.CONTROVERSIAL CALLAt the end of Sunday nights Toronto-Sacramento game, Terrence Ross 3-pointer at the buzzer off an inbounds play would have sent the game to overtime, but after a replay review the basket was disallowed and the Raptors lost 102-99. The play was ruled a clock malfunction because the inbounds pass was deflected, and officials said the clock should have started once the ball was touched.I thought it was unfair. I think the game is human error. I dont think you should be able to go over and look at the clock and do that, Rivers said. I thought it was awful. I really do. I know they, meaning the league, came back and said it was the right call, but I still disagree. 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