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Pirelli defends tyres, blames Ferrari’s call to risk one-stop strategy
Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery has defended his company’s tyres in the wake of the verbal attack from Sebastian Vettel following his late-race blowout in the Belgian GP at Spa. Vettel was close to the finish when his tyre blew on the Kemmel Straight on the final lap, and criticized the Italian firm’s products after the race. But Hembery countered that it was Ferrari who had taken the gamble by electing to run a one-stop strategy, and that the tyre simply wore out. "It was at the end of wear-life,” said Hembery. “Any tyre in the world, when it gets to the end of its wear-life, you're going to have a problem. “[He did] 28 laps, it was more we thought the strategy...
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