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Pirelli: Debris responsible for Vettel failure

Investigation by Pirelli suggests 'an item of debris' was responsible for Sebastian Vettel's Austrian tyre failure. The German was running second in last Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix when his tyre detonated on the run to the first corner on lap 26. Whilst Pirelli initially tweeted that it believed the cause was debris, it subsequently launched an investigation along with Ferrari, though the task was made that more difficult by the amount of damage done to the tyre and how little of the carcass remained. Claims that Ferrari had left the German out on the supersoft tyres for too long were dismissed by the team and Pirelli, with Vettel totally baffled. 'There's a complete question mark why...
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