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Vettel wondered ‘who's next?' after Baku crashes

Sebastian Vettel voiced his concerns after the two high-speed tyre blowouts in Baku left him wondering if it was about to happen to anyone else. Vettel's Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen both had high-speed incidents when their left rear tyres failed on the 2.2-kilometre main straight in Azerbaijan – with the two drivers careering into the wall at speeds approaching 200mph. Pirelli initially blamed the incidents on potential debris on track, but Verstappen pointed the finger at the tyre manufacturer by calling his accident 'life-threatening', particularly as if his car had gone the other way he would have been hurtling towards the wall at the entry to the pit...
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