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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Felipe Massa has branded Pirellis tyre pressures for the Belgian Grand Prix a joke after the opening day of practice.With tyre pressures set at 23.5PSI front, 22 PSI rear, many drivers appeared to struggle during the first three hours of track time in Belgium. After finishing 17th in FP2 Massa said the chosen pressures are too high.Definitely you enjoy [Spa] even more if the behaviour of the car is better but today the behaviour of the car was pretty difficult so we were struggling a lot on the short runs and the long runs with the tyres, Massa said . It was a very difficult Friday, definitely we are going to have a very long evening to try and fix the problem.I guess one of the issues is the tyre pressures. Ive never run such high tyre pressures like we have, to be honest in my whole career. This is a bit of a joke to be honest.Toro Rossos Carlos Sainz also weighed in on the issue, saying the tyre pressures and the blistering on Pirellis compounds are unacceptable.I think the tyre pressures only accelerate the problem you have in the car, Sainz said. Im convinced there is something to improve, something to understand, and the tyre pressures are exaggerating this problems. Its clear that these blisterings everyone is having ... I wouldnt be happy to see them in the race because they are too big.In all four tyres, even if you dont flat spot or nothing, you just find massive chunks of tyres coming up, and weve gone from one extreme with these tyre pressures. The super-softs after two laps are undriveable, Eau Rouge becomes like driving on an extreme wet on a dry track, very slippery. Not very comfortable, I would say.Pirellis responsePirelli will make a decision on whether to amend tyre pressures on Friday night after analysing the data from Friday practice and its own telemetry. However, the tyre manufacturers Racing Manager, Mario Isola, says the teams had plenty of warning about how high the pressures would be in Spa.The procedure is the usual one, so we are receiving now the telemetary from the teams and we compare with the simulation, Isola said. I have to say, its not a surprise for these teams to have these kinds of pressures here, because at the beginning of the year we decided to take some representative high-energy circuits - one of which was Spa - so they knew in February that the plan for Spa was to have around 23-24 PSI front, and 22 rear.It was 24PSI [ahead of the weekend] and with the updated simulation we went down to 23.5, its not a big difference but its not higher than expected. Now we check with the usual system, the telemetry data. If we have room to do down, we go down.Maybe we have to increase if the severity of the telemetry is higher than the simulation... They have three hours to upload the data and we have three hours to analyse the data. So at 9.30 we are going to confirm or change prescriptions.On the topic of tyres blistering, Isola said the hot temperatures at the traditionally erratic Spa-Francorchamps played a part.I would say considering the temperature of tarmac today -- 44 degrees -- to have blisters on the super-soft is not a surprise, he said. In the past we came here with the medium-soft, its a hard circuit, hard because the roughness is high, the energy that is going into the tyre is very high and that means the super-soft is a quite an aggressive choice. In qualifying we were expecting that would last for eight-nine laps, with these conditions probably less. Cheap Jerseys China . 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The problem is that if Barcelona were in the Premier League there would be that difference or even more, and it would be the same in the German league or the Italian league as well. We are seeing something extraordinary from Barcelona. It hasnt been seen before, certainly not this consistency at this level for that long. However, when you see a team like Villarreal, who are fourth in the table, doing well in Europe, in fact the top six teams in La Liga are still in Europe, that should kill any suggestion the league is not competitive.Sporting Gijons energy was too much for over-confident Atletico Celebrations for Sporting Gijon after surprise win over Atletico Madrid In the last 15 years the difference between top and bottom in England and Spain is shorter. That may surprise some but it is the case. These kind of games like the one between Villarreal, who only made one change from the game against Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, and Barcelona where the visitors went 2-0 up before being pegged back to 2-2, suggests the teams in Spain are very sophisticated. Tactically they work very hard without the ball, they run a lot, they are more aggressive than people think, but what makes them difference is the variation of what they do with the ball.People say that doesnt happen in La Liga but it happens more than you think, and Sporting Gijon were proof of it. Atletico were too conservative after scoring the first goal. They were partly tired and they thought they had the job done, and Sporting with their youth, exuberance and the fans managed to turn it around. Atletico Madrids hopes of winning La Liga were dealt a huge blow as they were beaten 2-1 by Sporting Gijon Real Madrid produced best performance of the season, thanks to the reformation of their deadly front three Real Madrids Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale celebrate It was interesting to see what happened at the Bernabeu. It was the best Real Madrid of the season. They had the BBC [Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo] up front and that has only happened 11 times this season in the league. Imagine if Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar had only jooined forces 11 times this season, we may be seeing a story!It feels like a good point in the season for Real.dddddddddddd Everybody is fit and they are all playing well, especially Karim Benzema, Keylor Navas and Casemiro. It is a more balanced team and that is what Rafael Benitez was working towards, but he had everyone working against him. 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