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Todt calls for calm

FIA President Jean Todt has called for calm despite summoning Pirelli to a meeting of the Sporting Committee on Wednesday in the wake of the alarming tyre failures which blighted the British GP.Four cars suffered blowouts during Sunday's race while race victor Nico Rosberg was forced to take a precautionary pit-stop with just ten laps remaining due to damage to his left-rear compound. The unsettling spectacle - causing severe reputational damage for both tyre supplier and sport - has led to calls that Pirelli revert to last year's rubber, with Lewis Hamilton, who lost the lead of the race after becoming the first of the quartet to suffer a puncture on lap eight of Sunday's event, branding...
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