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F1 tyre expert questions Pirelli blowout ‘story'

Jun.8 A well-known Formula 1 tyre expert has publicly questioned Pirelli's explanation about the high speed tyre blowouts at Baku. Even before Pirelli chiefs said a word, Max Verstappen correctly predicted that F1's official tyre supplier would blame his and Lance Stroll's scary incidents on track debris. However, Kees van de Grint says as soon as he saw the incidents, he suspected it was in fact 'a problem with the carcass'. Van de Grint is best known in Formula 1 circles for working for Bridgestone as Michael Schumacher's tyre engineer. 'In theory, there could have been debris on the track,' he told Algemeen Dagblad newspaper. 'But it seems to me that it happened at exactly the same...
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