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'Silverstone kerbs not behind blowouts'

Silverstone's owners hit back on Monday at suggestions that the circuit's kerbs could be to blame for explosive Pirelli tyre failures at Sunday's British Formula One Grand Prix. Derek Warwick, President of the British Racing Drivers Club, said he had been out to look at the kerbs and dismissed as "absolute rubbish" reports that sharp edges might have cut the tyre sidewalls. "These kerbs have been in since 2009. We've had thousands and thousands of cars go over these kerbs and they have been absolutely fine," Warwick, an ex-Formula One driver whose brother Paul was killed in a racing accident in 1991, told Sky Sports television. "We've had them checked by the FIA...
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