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Vettel: GPDA statement not a threat
Sebastian Vettel has played down the threat of drivers' boycotting this weekend's German Grand Prix in the wake of the tyre issues experienced at Silverstone.The Grand Prix Drivers' Association [GPDA] released a statement on Thursday in which they said “if similar [tyre] problems should manifest themselves during the German GP, we shall immediately withdraw from the event, as this avoidable problem with the tyres endangers again the lives of drivers, marshals and fans.”However, speaking after practice on Friday, in which no drivers' experienced any blow-outs, the German, a director on the GPDA, emphasised that they do trust Pirelli and that it was not meant as a direct threat.“It was...
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