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Baku bolts cut '90 percent' of tyres
Pirelli have revealed that '90 percent' of the cars had cuts in their tyres in the latter stages of FP1 due to loose bolts in Baku. Following Friday morning's first practice, qualifying for the GP2 session was postponed as the FIA examined the kerbs around the six-kilometre street circuit. Race director Charlie Whiting went around the track and discovered bolts had been loosened at Turns 6 and 12, prompting repair work. 'I can say 90 percent of the tyres had a cut so it was a good indication that something had to be investigated,' Pirelli racing manager Mario Isola told reporters. 'They [the FIA] investigated the kerbs after our information that we found, on most of the tyres used in the...
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