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Pirelli blame ‘abnormal conditions' for Vettel crash
Paul Hembery has downplayed suggestions that Pirelli's wet weather tyres are not up to scratch, insisting Sebastian Vettel's recent crash was the result of 'extremely abnormal conditions.' Vettel was reportedly left bruised when he crashed into a barrier at Ferrari's Fiorano circuit. The German was putting Pirelli's 2017 wet weather tyres through their paces on the artificially wet track when he lost control and crashed into the barriers approaching the fast left-hander. The crash has raised concerns about Pirelli's tyres, which last year came in for a great deal of criticism as they were unable to cope with heavy rain. Hembery, though, is adamant that it was only 'extremely abnormal...
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