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Ferrari: We wanted to go even longer

Ferrari and Pirelli are investigating the race-ending tyre blowout that caused Sebastian Vettel to retire from the race while leading the Austrian Grand Prix, with the team revealing that they were intending to run the tyre much longer. The German driver was leading the Austrian grand prix when a rear tyre exploded and ended his race at the Red Bull Ring. Team boss Maurizio Arrivabene denied suggestions Ferrari pushed the boundaries by running the tyres for too long on Vettel's car. 'No,' he said. 'We wanted to go even longer and had plenty of feedback from Seb that we were on the safe side. 'There were no signs on the telemetry, nothing from Sebastian that there was something wrong....
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