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Hakkinen offers his theory for Baku tyre blowouts
Mika Hakkinen says the right-hand kink in Baku's start/finish straight could have contributed to the worrying tyre failures there. Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen were involved in frightening crashes during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after suffering identical rear-left tyre failures down the pits straight. Verstappen's occurred while he was leading the race in the closing stages. Fortunately both drivers were unhurt, thanks to the nose-first angle at which they hit the wall, but already Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg among others have spoken out about how the situation could have been far worse. Pirelli believe debris was to blame, although their investigations are ongoing. Two-time...
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