News Details

Pirelli: External souce cause of Rosberg incident

After a full investigation which continued overnight into the issue which affected Nico Rosberg's Mercedes yesterday, these are the conclusions: There are no signs of structural integrity issue of the tyre, neither on other tyres used by Mercedes nor on tyres used on other vehicles. Video footage shows a tyre problem on Rosberg's car which is consistent with an external cut into the tyre structure. Quality data check on other tyres has shown no anomalies. Paul Hembery: “We have conducted a thorough investigation to find out exactly what happened with Nico's tyre. This investigation now excludes any structural integrity issues. Based on the information and data available an external...
Full Story »
10y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli believe external source caused Rosberg tyre...

Pirelli believe that Nico Rosberg’s spectacular high-speed tyre failure...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Pirelli launch an investigation of Rosberg’s tyre...

Nico Rosberg continued to top the timesheet in the second practice...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli: Rosberg tyre failure due to 'external cut'

– Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has ruled out a structural issue...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Rosberg: Luck kept me out of the wall

Nico Rosberg may have been fastest in both free practice sessions on day...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi Racing lands new sponsor for Kyffin...

Chip Ganassi Racing has announced a new sponsor for the team’s #8 entry...

IndyCar announces independent officiating system

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Thursday that it will implement a new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin spearhead Lancia’s...

Team Lancia Corse HF has announced the 2025 WRC2 championship runners-up...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 671 – 15.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

“Maybe it’s because I’m not involved” - Arsene...

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reckons the Gunners have a good...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

It's fine to to win and be annoyed

Morning all. It's the start of a new week, and now that the dust has...
13h ago from Arseblog.com

AC Milan plotting January move for Arsenal star who...

AC Milan have reportedly made Gabriel Jesus their top attacking target for...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Oscar Piastri booed over McLaren disqualification comments

Oscar Piastri found himself on the receiving end... Read More »
42m ago from GPFans.com

F1 team reveals new name for 2026

The F1 team formerly known as Sauber have issued... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.