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Alonso: Kerbs not to blame

Fernando Alonso doubts that Silverstone's kerbs were to blame for the tyre failures seen in the British Grand Prix. After Lewis Hamilton, Jean-Eric Vergne and Alonso's own Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa had suffered spectacular left-rear blow-outs in the opening stages of Sunday's race, drivers were urged over team radio to stay away high-speed Silverstone's kerbs in an attempt to guard against any more punctures. Most drivers noticeably didn't heed this advice and Alonso was particularly open about the fact after overcoming his poor qualifying result, and what he admitted were several "lucky" moments, to finish on the bottom step of the podium. function fw_config(){ return {...
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