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Pirelli suspect piece of metal

Pirelli believe a piece of stray metal may have caused the cuts to tyres during Practice Two at the Belgian GP.Formula 1 was hit by fresh tyre concerns on Friday at Spa after both Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso suffered punctures to their respective cars' right-rear tyres during afternoon practice, while Pirelli discovered over cars had also sustained cuts to the same tyre. Although Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery told Sky Sports F1 that the deflations were "100%" down to some kind of debris on the track between turns 13 and 15, the sport's drivers were nonetheless believed to have been concerned about the situation and demanded more specific reasons in wake of...
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