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Mercedes suspect debris to blame for ‘cruel’ F1 British GP tyre drama

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff suspects its “cruel” late tyre failures at the British Grand Prix were caused by on-track debris. Check out the Crash F1 YouTube channel - CLICK HERE The reigning world champion squad had been looking on course to land yet another comfortable 1-2 finish at Silverstone until the team was hit by a double puncture. With just three laps remaining, Valtteri Bottas suffered a front-left blow-out and was forced to make an unscheduled stop that dropped him out of the points, before Hamilton sustained a similar failure on the final lap. Remarkably, Hamilton was able to limp home on just three fully-inflated tyres to claim his seventh British Grand Prix victory...
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