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Vettel praises professional Pirelli, but...

Sebastian Vettel appears to have backtracked slightly on his post-Spa rant over tyres, but remains cautious about the outcome of Pirelli's investigation into the failure cost him a shot at the Belgian Grand Prix podium. An official statement from the tyre supplier, issued shortly before Vettel – and fellow sufferer Nico Rosberg – appeared in the FIA's Thursday press conference, blamed a combination of issues for the Ferrari failure, but ruled out structural problems with the tyre itself. Instead, Pirelli claimed that the 'combined effect' of debris on the track and the prolonged tyre usage by Ferrari had been at fault, with the sport's governing body, the FIA, adding that the tread...
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