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Belgian GP: Rosberg fastest but suffers frightening tyre failure
Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, but his high-speed tyre failure was the big story of the session. Rosberg had kept his much-needed momentum going in second practice at Spa, outpacing Mercedes teammate and world title rival Lewis Hamilton once again, but the explosive tyre failure ended his session early. After beating Hamilton by 0.242s in FP1 on the medium tyre, Rosberg did so again on both mediums and fresh softs in the second session. His advantage extended to three-tenths on the softer of the compounds. But running the soft-compound Pirelli on his 12th timed lap of a long stint, Rosberg’s right-rear tyre blew just...
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