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Verstappen sides with Pirelli over Vettel blowout

Father and son Jos and Max Verstappen have sided with Pirelli over the Belgian Grand Prix tyre blowout saga. While F1's official supplier has said Ferrari took too big a risk with an ambitious one-stop strategy at Spa-Francorchamps, Sebastian Vettel lashed out angrily at the quality of Pirelli's tyres. But Toro Rosso driver Max told Austrian television Servus TV: 'A one-stop strategy by Ferrari was a huge risk. Myself, I stopped three times.' And the teenage Dutchman's father Jos, himself a former F1 driver, also commented: 'I have the impression that Vettel's problem was different to that of [Nico] Rosberg's. 'Vettel drove a lot of laps on that set, which is obviously more risky. We are...
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