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Pirelli is keen to have the 2017 pre-season take place in Bahrain or Abu Dhabi so it can test its new tyres in conditions representative of the opening races of the year.Pirellis wider compounds are part of the radical regulation changes next year, which are aiming to produce faster cars over one lap. Those changes will make pre-season even more important as teams and F1s tyre manufacturer try to understand the new cars as best they can before the season opener.Though pre-season has taken place solely in Spain in the last two seasons in order to cut costs for teams Pirelli would like to see a return to the desert to give it the best chance of understanding the 2017 compound.Speaking about its hopes for pre-season next year, Pirellis Paul Hembery?told the F1 website: We would prefer to go somewhere like Bahrain or Abu Dhabi. The temperatures will be representative and we know the tracks very well. We definitely would want to go to representative tracks.With the exact look of the new cars still unknown as teams try to find an edge over their rivals in development, Hembery admits the final version of the 2017 compound might not be available until the season opener.If we have any surprises -- if the cars then are very different to what we had envisioned -- then we will have to react to that. Probably not for the first race, but at least when we have some really good winter testing we should know in advance how it is likely going to be -- what changes are needed.Only Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari will get to sample the 2017 compounds this year as part of Pirellis development programme. Williams Pat Symonds has suggested that offers those three teams a big advantage but Hembery does not think that is the case.?I dont believe there will be any disadvantage [to the others]. 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The San Antonio Spurs will retire the No. 21 jersey of future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan on Dec. 18, the team announced Wednesday.A veteran of 19 NBA seasons -- all with the Spurs -- Duncan retired in July with five NBA titles, two NBA MVP awards, 15 All--Star appearances and a spot on many lists as the greatest power forward of all time.He also partnered with Gregg Popovich to post the most wins by a player and coach in NBA history, with 1,001.?After drafting Duncan in 1997, the Spurs posted a 1,072-438 regular-season record -- the best 19-year stretch in NBA history and tops in the four major U.S. sports in that period.A four-year star at Wake Forest, Duncan was the No. 1 pick by the Spurs in the 1997 draft. He made an immediate impact, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award and earning All-NBA First-Team honors, the first of 10 selections in his career. 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