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Pirelli: Cuts caused Verstappen's Imola failure

Pirelli has discovered that Max Verstappen's retirement at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was caused by various cuts on the tyre. The Dutchman was enjoying an excellent race at Imola, running in P2 after overtaking Valtteri Bottas and, with just 12 laps to go, looking set to finish there. However, disaster then struck when with no warning, his right tyre gave way, sending him into the gravel and out of the race. 'I got past Valtteri, the pace was good, the car was feeling good and suddenly on the straight, I lost the car because there was a tyre blow-out,' he said after the race. 'I don’t exactly know what happened, but when I quickly looked at the car, there was nothing broken on the...
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