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'Drivers will be concerned about blowouts'

Damon Hill says F1's drivers will be concerned about the high-speed tyre failures in the Azerbaijan GP. Aston Martin's Lance Stroll and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who was leading the race, suffered left-rear failures on the hard compound within 16 laps of each other while travelling around 200mph down Baku's mammoth pit straight. Pirelli will conduct extensive investigations into what caused the blowouts this week. "Certainly, the drivers are concerned and well they might be because the circuit has got some of the highest speeds - sustained high speeds - of any circuit we go to," said Hill, the 1996 world champion, on Sky Sports News. 1:20 Damon Hill speaks to Sky Sports News...
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