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Pirelli reveal cause of British GP tyre failures

Pirelli have revealed that the 'biggest forces ever seen' put on to their tyres caused the series of late failures at the British GP. A rather dull British Grand Prix received a late entertainment boost when Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was the first to suffer a tyre failure in the closing stages. The same also happened to Carlos Sainz, dumping him out of the points, whilst race leader Lewis Hamilton also saw his Pirelli rubber quit on him, though he was able to crawl around the final lap on three wheels and still take victory ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen. This actually happened, right? 🤯 Still processing those mad final few laps on Sunday!#BritishGP 🇬🇧 #F1...
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