The unexplained, high-speed blowouts suffered by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel are still causing high consternation in the Formula 1 world in the aftermath of a tense Belgian Grand Prix weekend. None of his colleagues echoed Vettel's Spa-Francorchamps rant with the same ferocity, but it is clear that – as the sport now heads to the ultra-fast Monza layout – concerns about the quality of Pirelli's tyres are widespread. Pirelli, however, said Rosberg's failure on Friday was caused by a cut to the tyre. And the German newspaper Bild claims that Pirelli has identified an unusually high number of other cuts – 60 – on the tyres that were used throughout the field in...
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