Pirelli plans to provide a report into its findings regarding the tire failures suffered in Baku before the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in just over a week's time. Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen both suffered high-speed failures on the pit straight in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with the latter retiring from the lead in the closing stages and the race being red-flagged. A cut was also found on one of Lewis Hamilton’s tires that he was running at the same time both issues occurred — something that could prove important to Pirelli’s investigations as head of motorsport Mario Isola says the fact the tires that failed didn’t completely fall apart doesn’t make the analysis...
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