News Details

Hill: Drivers will be worried about tyre failures

1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill believes that the drivers will be very concerned after the tyre failures in Baku. The problems started on Lap 30 when Aston Martin's Lance Stroll suffered a left-rear tyre failure as he powered down the start/finish straight. That would not be the end of the drama as race leader Max Verstappen suffered the exact same fate with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix entering its final stages. This is not the first time that Pirelli tyre failures have been the talking point of a race. Similar incidents occured back at the 2020 British Grand Prix. Pirelli had changed the tyre constructions for 2021 with the aim of ensuring that they could handle the load from these...
Full Story »
4y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli suspects Baku tyre failures caused by debris

Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola believes the spectacular left rear tyre...
4y ago from F1i.com

'Drivers will be concerned about blowouts'

Damon Hill says F1's drivers will be concerned about the high-speed tyre...
4y ago from SkySports.com

Hill feared Vettel was sinking in a quagmire

Article To news overview © Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images...
4y ago from RacingNews365.com

Hill sees stress at Mercedes: "They are now being...

It was an eventful race weekend in Azerbaijan, which didn't end as hoped...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar introduces safety flaps to prevent airborne...

The NTT IndyCar series has detailed a new addition to cars competing in...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar updates tire rules for 2026 season

Among a few changes coming for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, a new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Donnarumma vs Raya: Who is the better GK in the title...

In the last few weeks of the Premier League season, the importance of...
9h ago from SkySports.com

Tactics Column: Key quartet step up to deliver North...

'It feels like we've shown what we are made of but then you have to show...
12h ago from Arseblog.com

Ben White faces uncertain future as Arsenal target new...

Questions are beginning to surface over Ben White’s long-term role at...
16h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.