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Hamilton: It's unacceptable
Lewis Hamilton has labelled the Pirelli tyres a safety concern after he was one of three drivers to suffer a rear puncture at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Briton was leading the race when his left rear tyre punctured on just the eighth lap. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the next to fall victim as he suffered the same fate three laps later only for Jean-Eric Vergne in a Toro Rosso to lose his left rear in spectacular fashion on lap 15.
Hamilton recovered to finish fourth, but the Mercedes man didn't mince his words when assessing the tyre situation.
"The safety is the biggest issue, it's unacceptable," he is quoted as saying by the BBC.
"We had that tyre test to improve...
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