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Rosberg fastest despite tyre blowout
Nico Rosberg was fastest for Mercedes in Belgian Grand Prix practice on Friday despite an explosive, high-speed tyre blowout that had the German wrestling to keep the car out of the barriers. After lapping fastest in bright and sunny morning conditions, Rosberg went quicker in the afternoon before flirting with disaster. "That was definitely not fun," he told reporters after escaping unscathed from the heart-stopping incident in which the right rear tyre shredded in seconds as he approached Blanchimont at full throttle. "It was not a nice experience. A 360-degree spin at 200 mph is not something you expect at all. Luckily I did not hit the wall. I didn't feel anything...
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