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"Undriveable!" The word Sainz used to describe his Renault after tyre blistering

Carlos Sainz has described his Renault car as "undriveable" following tyre blistering during the Austrian Grand Prix. Renault weren't the only ones to note tyre blistering as Lewis Hamilton believes Pirelli should have reduced the tread. Renault pitted their Spanish driver as soon as race-control deployed the VSC. He intended to utilise these for the rest of the race, but just 19 laps later, he was back in the pits for supersofts. "Never again. It's something that we need to analyse because today the car was undriveable for 55 out of 70 laps of the race," Sainz told motorsport. "Unfortunately our blisters arrive on lap five of each compound, except for the...
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