Pirelli says there is no cause for concern following Nico Rosberg's tyre blow-out during testing in Bahrain. Mercedes' run at the tyre test was brought to a premature end on Thursday after Rosberg suffered the nasty scare. The German tweeted that the full speed, 320km/h blow-out had left him needing to "get some toilet paper", but later deleted the message from his Twitter account. Pirelli have subsequently released a statement saying the tyres used by Rosberg were a prototype that will not be used during the 2014 season. The statement read: "The tyre tests in Bahrain regarded a number of prototypes, which were completely innovative in terms of structure and compounds, with...
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