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Pirelli rules out tyre failure in Rosberg blowout

Nico Rosberg's 300kph blowout at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday was not caused by a structural tyre failure. That is the highly anticipated news from Pirelli early on Saturday, following an exhaustive investigation at the scene of the Belgian grand prix and also back at the marque's Milan headquarters. Pressure had been piled onto Pirelli following the scary incident, just a month after the death of the drivers' late colleague Jules Bianchi. "The drivers need an explanation and it must be ensured that this does not happen again," Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda had told German television. Pirelli spokeswoman Maria Stella Narciso said on Saturday morning: "We have completed the...
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