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Hamilton hints Red Bull, not Pirelli to blame for tyre blowouts

A new row appears to be brewing between Formula One's top two teams, Mercedes and Red Bull, after Lewis Hamilton hinted that Max Verstappen's tyre failure in Baku was down to the way Red Bull was running its tyres. Verstappen crashed out of the lead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix two weeks ago after his left rear tyre exploded at over 200 mph with five laps of the race remaining. Editor's Picks Pirelli deny Baku blowouts caused by tyre defects Earlier in the race, Lance Stroll suffered a similar failure on his left-rear tyre and also crashed into the wall at high speed. Pirelli's investigation into the failures found there was not a production or quality issue with the tyre while Red Bull...
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