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Rosberg: F1 tyre blowouts need to be “sorted” before Monza

Nico Rosberg believes Formula 1 needs to come up with a better solution to warn of catastrophic Pirelli tyre blowouts, like he and Sebastian Vettel suffered at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend. Mercedes star Rosberg, whose right-rear tyre blew in Free Practice 2 on Friday afternoon on the run towards Blanchimont, said that there needs to be a better warning system in place for when a tyre is about to blow. Importantly, he also stated that something should be done about it before Monza, the next Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. “It needs to be sorted out, this issue, somehow we have to make it safer,” he said. “Somehow maybe we need to be able to see the tyre failing earlier – at least...
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