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Pirelli to launch full investigation into Silverstone failures

At the best of times, the three high-profile failures during the British Grand Prix would be worrying, but with the teams lining up at Silverstone again next week, and with Pirelli due to issue them tyres a step softer, the heat is on to discover what exactly went wrong. What is known is that almost all the drivers pitted earlier than originally planned, taking advantage of the red flag period following Daniil Kvyat's crash on lap 11. While most point to the fact that as a result drivers were using the mediums close to their recommended 40 lap limit, Pirelli boss, Mario Isola hasn't ruled out debris being the cause, citing the debris that followed Kimi Raikkonen's front wing failure....
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