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Drivers must keep tyre worries private
Leading Formula 1 drivers have been asked to stop criticising tyre supplier Pirelli, at a meeting with the sport's boss Bernie Ecclestone. Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel were told not to make their concerns public. Ecclestone said: 'If any one of them has got problems, they should talk to the people making the problems.' Pirelli F1 boss Paul Hembery said the drivers should make their comments 'in the right environment'. The move follows two high-speed blow-outs at the last race in Belgium. Ferrari driver Vettel was heavily critical of Pirelli after the Belgian race, in which he suffered a tyre failure at 200mph shortly after the high-speed Eau Rouge...
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