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Todt calls emergency meeting over tyres

Jean Todt, President of Formula 1 governing body the FIA, has requested that Pirelli attends a meeting of the Sporting Working Group on Wednesday, with a view to finding a solution for the spate of tyre failures suffered during the British Grand Prix. During Sunday's race at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Jean-Éric Vergne and Sergio Pérez all endured left-rear tyre blow-outs, prompting the majority of drivers to raise safety concerns ahead of the German Grand Prix next weekend. Renewed compounds, fitted with a Kevlar belt as opposed to steel, had initially been earmarked for introduction this weekend, but the plans were scrapped following rain-hit practice sessions in Canada,...
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