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Pirelli reveals Spa tyre investigation results

Pirelli has confirmed a combination of track debris and prolonged tyre usage contributed to the high profile tyre failures at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Italian manufacturer conducted an investigation into tyre blowouts suffered by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel after attracting heavy criticism for the failures at Spa. Pirelli has revealed in a statement that while there was an “absence of structural problems” with its tyres they suffered an abnormal amount of cuts during the weekend caused by on track debris. The investigation reports that Pirelli tyres sustained 63 cuts over the weekend compared to the average of 1.2 incurred during the previous 15 race events. “Since the start...
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