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Vettel: Pirelli tyre blowouts ‘unacceptable’

A furious Sebastian Vettel has heavily criticised Pirelli after a tyre blowout cost him a possible podium finish at the Belgian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver held third spot until the penultimate lap when he suffered a dramatic tyre failure on the Kemel Straight which handed the final podium place to Lotus driver Romain Grosjean. The Maranello team had elected to run a one stop strategy which saw the four-time world champion use a set of medium compound tyres for a 28 lap period following his pit stop on lap 14. Angered by the issue Vettel labelled Pirelli's performance as ‘unacceptable’ with the failure arriving just two days after Nico Rosberg suffered a tyre blowout at the high...
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