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Pirelli: Failures due to ‘biggest ever tyre forces' in F1

British Grand Prix – Pirelli have released a statement explaining their findings into the tyre failures that marred the end of last weekend's race. Three of the top four cars suffered tyre failures in the final three laps of last weekend's race at Silverstone. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas suffered a left front puncture that sent him spiralling down the order from a comfortable second place with just three laps to go, while McLaren's Carlos Sainz was running a strong P4 when his left front tyre failed. On the last lap, Lewis Hamilton suffered the same problem when his left front failed at Luffield. With just half a lap to go and a thirty second lead, he was able to limp his Mercedes...
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