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A race to forget for Vergne
By Oana Popoiu on Sunday, June 30, 2013 The British Grand Prix ended on Lap 35 for Jean-Eric Vergne who had to retire after his car was badly damaged as a result of a tyre explosion. He was the third driver to suffer a left rear tyre failure after Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
“I don’t know what happened, I did not feel any warning signs and it just let go under braking. I did manage to come back to the pits, fit new tyres and go out again, but the team immediately told me I had quite significant damage to the car, which in any case I could feel.”
“The car was very difficult to drive from then on and in the end, the team took the decision to retire me, as there was no sense in...
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