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Pirelli mistified by tyre problems
Nico Rosberg suffered a horrific incident in the dying minutes of the second practice session for the Belgian GP after one of his Pirelli tyres blowed up during his race simulation run. The German driver was driving at 306 km/h when his tyre failed. Onboard videos showed that a part of the tyre carcass had already started to detach on the Kemmel straight. However, the Mercedes-driver did not feel anything strange or a drop in pressure at that point. Pirelli conducted an intense inspection after the second practice. The Italian company’s sporting director Paul Hembery even cancelled his usual Friday afternoon conference as he took part in the investigation process. „We did not find any...
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