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Webber backs Vettel in Pirelli blowout controversy
Mark Webber has backed his former teammate and rival Sebastian Vettel's expletive-filled rant about the quality of the tyres supplied in F1 by Pirelli. The pair rarely saw eye-to-eye when fighting for titles at Red Bull, but when it comes to Vettel's blowout at Spa-Francorchamps, Webber said: 'Seb is 100 per cent right. 'A blowout must not be the penalty for using a tyre for too long,' the outspoken Australian, now racing a Porsche at Le Mans, told Auto Motor und Sport. 'You should be slow, fair enough, but as a driver you need to be confident that the tyre is going to hold together.' Webber thinks the ball is now in the governing body's court to ensure the safety of the...
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