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Pirelli blames flat spot for blowout
Mark Webber's prediction that Pirelli would blame a flat spot for Sergio Perez's tyre failure in Korea has come to pass.
Perez suffered a spectacular right-front blowout on lap 31, sending rubber and carbon fibre flying all over the track. Webber, who was just behind the McLaren when the incident took place, couldn't avoid the debris and he was forced to make a pit stop soon after as he damaged a tyre.
The Australian was fuming afterwards and told BBC that "Pirelli will put the puncture of Perez down to a lock up but the reason the drivers are locking up is because there's no tread left."
The Red Bull driver was spot on with his prediction with the Italian company's chief Paul...
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